North Carolina Newspapers

C3NC0I1D.N. O. SATURDAY. FEBItUAIlY 25, 1911. -t &nr!e Copy, f Cents. 10,202 i a Pt'. s, 43 1 IN ATE. Ci 1 1 I . .."...J A lx Proposi-'j fjpecU to Hie Tribune. . ( , K.J Jgh, February 25. The Sikes- Iijden fiensle nod roads bond bill rinsed second wading in,.ta I&nsJand a, half billion Chinese"' will di t.;y, but may be defeated or left in the lureh. It the; biggest prop ortion that ha beenefore this geu- " smbly, a I f that eon rcpre- are afraid of it. .-Jt em- po '-r Sute W.iaBnrt kondg at fur for cent end sey-.thein to eoun- tiet a king for them at five per eent ef t . -iity bonds, these to counties who need the credit of, the state : iff ' sell eouiaSy bonds andjben loan each eoun ties the additional one percent. This passed the Senate after appropriation . wag killed early this week - , Among Me new trustees of the- tfni- vereity., U. LC;ITaiiaaU;4tol8u9(ed U la P. , Means. . . The Senate passed the school text book commission bill and the bill ap-r-rriating $50,000 to. aid the feeble r. ;ded.i- --' ' ' VieektJpmt 'm&Ht&i , Senate and Hons was held to confirm . the appointmf of the trnotees. otthe University. J, vvVT;.:';;. f fiNM U1 ..Beft? special o lA? 'oday baa "not been; iouonad 'rt 11 looks like it will be killedi t ' : ' .... ,.- TTVnrviif ' The impression that has' prevailed t Krm . nays, mat. it would be f-W$efi!!vj tmrjoeiuhl fnMW I - ". wo present session to cdm . plete even the neeessarv wort t( be accomplished. ewert far mm , fully one week after the limit of 60 o"vs tor which they tan,, receive pay, r , developed into a ertintty, a is admitted on all hands. . h lad even then there will remain, as Wtal many matters , nnated :non. f t JIAXVWA ill.M ll I.. . oi mpmners, wtio will Hike" ont tlie 4zy tslppajMpsthtw 'ateiiwwiwy torntocy nd wen The "usually that element that cuts but lit tle figure- any time, except to help consume a Quorum. , , - , ' But about two-thirds of the leeisla- . tore wilUatay here as long as" oeces . sary pay or no pay. There has al ways been enough of ihese and there alf-ays will be, to attend to the State's lntrwQt ' - t- . , t , , ;VI ' .Islatort Sbanld Be Paid More - ;. . ,1 he higher grade of men who come - to, Saleigb as Senators or Represen tatives have, for many years done so at a pecuniary sacrifice, but now that' winl nf liirinff faanoflUllv ti I? of. ' . . f O l -"...j ... . - . a. woere .every notei ana oamtng uouse, toe miter especially, enarges Legislators more than- usual rates), ."put- it baa .ome to be a matter of gerioija concern to many of them. ' . .Among the Constitutional Amend- ; menta, which (has been proposed " at , tuis jeeseion is one by Senator Gra ham designed to remedy this injustice, and k ought to be included among the Amendments wliich this Legislature will order submitted to the people at u the next regular election and which ..are. certain to be several in number, . hut- will nU iwliirl All )ia tiiva 1 been proposed. ' - , I . Good (tart fox Stats Building. .The , ate bar. to - thank Senator Boyden more than any other legiBla tor for the action taken toward the ; evection of . that - 'badly needed fire 1 f jot State AdminiMtratioh Building, for Ks sueceas was very largely due to . ins asnduous and intelligent efforts, . AUhouhg the initial appropriation has been cut down, the building ean be so '"tcl as to take on extensions later lure appropriations and to pur - e any other course in beginning .the nstruction work would be'- .worse a foolish.. a :. LLEWXAM. I ' i p toy Cnrt at Locks'lSO. '.p, John Kirk, 15 years'of age, was in jure J. at tLe Locke mill yesterday af ternoon by falling-from an elevator he was. riding on. The boy was de- scen'ilr . on the elevator saind as he pasted one of the floors he caught the c;5 of the floor and Jet the elevator - i oil down. After holding to bthe fir an Instant he attempted to v i 1 catch the elevator bnt miss ( J lis I . '-mce and foil to the floor be nef.:!i, a tifaiiee of about 10 feet, He : 1 a broken wrist and several It is said that the accident , . e to the boy's own carelessness, 4 ! 1 1 1 been warned about atrtempt j i a hiiardous practice while on a "" 'or. ' -; i ' tl j . .. 1. ''' 'iy'?4-,.t- C n.-! eison, a successful farm r'cf i trrv county, died Thursday at r ( f C yesrs. ; He was twice t AdvLee from CUa, ladle, - f . I" 1 Asic.icfta I 1 Cross .' fc- to Aid, la EJUag Grim Ee- 'Recent advices from China indicate that eonditione in the famine district p are as 'bad tare been rmnored and r fro win j wore as days go. by. Two for' the want of bread if assistance is not rendered immediately. This num ber comprises nearly tae enure popu lation . ef the' northern part of Uie province of Kianf-Su and A'nhui. ' The famine in China is the direct result of the great fioode whieh inun dated the provinces mentioned ' last summerrruiaing , the crops..., Conse quently there was no harvest and the enpply of food on h&nd was not suffi cient, to' sustain-the people of these sections until the next harvest, f In fact, unless prompt aid -is ' rendered there will not be a next harvest, as the Chinese will cat the seed instead of planting it ! During-the first days df the famine" mothers 'endeavored to sell their babies .to provide food . for themaelvea. and savo th ebudren from starvation,' Wow they are try ing to give the children away in. the hope that those to whom the babies are inven will be able. to reed them. LAlon th hajjhe ot t&a Grand Canal Hhe viftips of, this terrible calamity are living in mud and w iter, with only shacks of matting over their heads, hoping against feope. that they "way exisi uniu- noais, oeanng uie giau vi . t ... 'i 1 . I . ' ! il . 1 life come Op the easal to relieve them. -. Writing from Hwai Yuan, via Nanking,.-E. C; Lobenstine, of tho Ameri can Presbyterian Miesioh, describing the conditions "that exist in the eoun try immediately abertrTwat ' Yoaj savs! - v . "' v i-' v;;1 1 w "The maristry of Hwai Yuan has an estimated population of 300,000 person The number of famine euf- ferere those who must fee relieved for-' die " this ' magistry atone, amounts to, approximately, 200,000 70 per eent, of thcentire population. Lest year the flood was the worst bere in any years and the crops were poor; .. The ; wheat buffered y. Irom drought and only one-third was saved. Thia year about half of the wheat was harvested; but In the TrWn north 'of flood earned away practically, every thing. ' j ? ' The need here is great, and1 :t he condition of the toor is as serious a!a that in other, parts. -Report eome iki daily of people dying of starvation. The poor who have children are trying td sell them, bat even they will pot sell for pittance." Help is needed at once. As soon as the real cold and wet ' weather sets in the ; death ?rate will increase greatly.- ; ..- . ... '- c 4 '.'One million people are dependent on outside relief, and these will die of starvation u relief w not given and they are kept in this region. .-Five months must be counted -on, and family, cannot exist on less than one cent per head per day, if for Phat "We are eagerly hoping for help from the Ked Cross Society." This statement only gives an idea or the conditions in one portion of tap threat famine district How North Carolina Land Is Assessed ; t 'for Taxation. - The Raleigh 'News and- Observer publishes the amount at which the land 6f eadh'eouilty in he State, is asseseed,- for taxation. This shows that' the average valuation is $6 JO per acre, It also shows that some of the so-called "pauper" counties list their land, as higb as some of the surplus counties.' Gaston county has - ttie highest average assessment which is $26.11' per acre. Some of the assess- ) ments in other counties are: . " ! Jabarrae ...x. . 9J2 Mecklenburg 9.83 Anson ..w-. 4. Iredell ... 7.12 jMoutgwnery 4.35 Rowan ii..4;i-Vii i .S.29 aanV;i.,V----'--'i-i-r--.-711 Union -....:..--.2 - 9A3 " The ' assessment' in Dare county is f ' 1 ' i' . iTrri.t.. wii r.iiu .... .. ... i. v'i', , .t ,' - '. vau. Winston Salem, ; FeW 1 24.TJoseph Whitlow, a voluntee ' member ol '.' VUrvton ne department, wis bulled al v tonigut at 11.30 o'clocic beneatl) a falling brick wall while engaged in flirhting the mftst serious fire in Win ston since -1902, and died in a few minutes after being taken from the debriaC Whitlow, with tlree other firemen,: were fighting" the fire from the front' of Shepherd's store, when Chief J. h. Hopper warned them to move back, stating that the walls of the blazing building' were unsafe. Whitlow apparently did not hear the warning, and a snoment .later - was caught in the falling' mass, his com panions escaping uninjured. . 1 I VI1Y I BUY AT HOME. The following from the Trades. Journal seems to cover the ground pretty: Well; 'r . -.t-.v .. ; - ; I buy at home- . i '' W y . -v. r - Because- the community tlut gow3 enough for me to ' , live in is good enough for me to buy irk ' . -; "'. --"Because I believe in transacting business with my friends Because I want to see the goods. ". ; -Because I want to get what I luy when I pay iot it, V Because my-.home 'ealef. "parries'' me when-1 am run' .short.'' : .'? y ' ;. i' jvs v .' ' ' Because every dollar I send at home stays at home and . helps work for the welfare of the city. - - , s ,;'; .-r ' ' 1 Because th roaii I buy from stands back of the goods. ; 'l' Because the. man 1 buy from 'pays his part of the town, "i county and city taxes.;H . K ' V ;'-" . ' Because the man I huy from gives value received always. BcauS thcman I buy from helps support my school, ? .my lodge,roy:cburch, inyliome; f ?-:'i- ; f.' Because when ill-luck, misfortnrte or iereavement comes," tfe man'! buy from Here with' his kindly expressions of ' "greeting, his word? of cheer, and his pocketbook, if needs be. ' ;;frere t live atid here I buy, ) - ' . , L ' . COMMITTEI13 APPOINTED. further Steps Taken for Better Sani - ..$:ctaxr.CtonaimittTHert, V At a' meeting or the "committee on public health,;. which whs appointed pursuant to a resolution of the citi zens who attended Drv Mctormatk' lecture 'at the. court house, it' was d-; elded 'that from this commit! ee thrjee i sub-committees be appointed, one on couimitfeesv be appointed, t: one ' on streets, one. on education on sanitary subjects and one on policing premises. Mayor Wagoner has-appointed the fol lowing committees and rW"chairman of each has been requested to call his committee -together so that they may be ready to report to the general com mittee, which , wm be asked to meet sometime'the coming week. The sub committees are- as iollows 1 . , ' p . , i UonuniCTee on bbwm. - . Mr, 1L S. yilliams,lChairman ; Mr. R.' A, BrownyMrs: J. Cook, Mrs. R Young and Mrs. ,r. h. Erwin. Committee on Education os Sanitary Xt Vlnio !. rbnv thitirftmnT Mrs.rt P. Cook,, Mrs, R. A.'Browrt, Dr. 3. 93. JSmoot,- " ' -.- committee on roucing itenuses. vDr. J, E. Smooth Cliairman: Mr. H. 8.-WiHiams.' Mr. J. F. Hurley,. Mr. Jno. Jtf. Oglebyk , ; Superintendent Williams to Ieave Crescent. Salisbury Post, 24th. , - Dr E,. O. Wililams,' who has been superintendent of Nazareth Orphans' Home at Crescent for some time has tendered his resignation to take effect at an early day. lie will go and live with his son in the eastern port of the State. ? . , , : -. Since receiving Dri Williams' no tice,' the directors' of the orphanage have been , in correspondence with Dr. J. W. Bell, pastor of the Reformed church at Lenoir, with a view of hav ing him suceeed the doctor as super intendent. - ' Yesterday Mr. Bell and his wife .visited the institute to look over-the situation, .returning to- Le noir today. A . , -V . 4 - ,. It is not learned whether, he will accept ithe place or not. . The Pope Disapproves Harem Skirt. Rome-, Feb.24. The Pope today placed a ban on the 'liarem skirt The s.Observatore 'Romano, the Vati can organ, says (be rope I-strongly disapproves of the harem skirt- he cause it is calculated to diminish the wearer's .self-respect- and to - abolish sex distinctions.'.; The .paper says wearers of the; skirt will .be excluded from all Catholic churches. -t . iOovernor Blease Reconsiders.!' r-ColumJ)ia,' S. C, February Af ter stating that- he-would refuse. his signrnre,, tor the act .incorporating the-Piedmont & Northern Railway on the. grounds that too much authority was given the new company, Governor Bleaset today afuxed' his signature to the act, and it goes into effect imme- ,dtay-- -.. a .. , -pY AS WELL I. welcomed until syour - count. Do Our patrons, regardless of the amount of, businees done re ceive every courtesy in all matters; of business entrusted to os, r :v. WITH THE CHURCHES. hf Tirat. Praabvtriaii Rhnrrli t , TJbe usual services, morning and eveslng, will be held tomorrow at the First Presbyterian church, by the pas- tore- , , , , ' forest Hill Jlethodist. Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Confer- enoe of missionary committee follow ing. Snnday school service. . Preaching at .Jl o'clock'by the pastor.-; A pro gram of song "and brief addresses has been "prepared by the Woman's For eign Missionary Society, which will i. . i .... . .. i .i . ... - o given at line evening service. lie tive ;1 St. Andrews Lutheran. - - There will be services at St. An drews.' Lntheran church tomorrow mopiing st ll-o'olook and evening at 7 4'clock, conducted by the pastor, Re, r, R. Pleas. . - 1 . All Saints Episcopal. 'TJieTe .will be eervines nmt lioaVii Holy -wutaonwtt-: at j - AH dieiiHs rjpiwiHjjai enurcn nomorrow morning at 11 oelock and" sermon and service in ' the evening at 7:30 oVdtek, by Rev, W. II. Ball, of Mon me. k v J; - . - ' . - 4 v , Cannonville Presbyterian Church,' ' Rev.-H". Tj. Catbey will preach at Cannonville Presbyterian - church : in the morning at 11 o'clock, and again at 7 injthe evening. Mr. Cathey win preach at Patterson Miill church at 3 o'clock jn the afternoon. ..-..'. -X Central Methodist Church. - - Rev. J. A. Baldwin, of Charlotte, will occupy the pnlpit , of Central Jlethortist chnrch tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. There will be no ser vice at night. St. James Lntheran Church. - Usual service at St. James Lutheran tomorrow morning and evening, by the pastor. The subject of the sermon at the morning honr will he "On the Way to.Jerusalem," and at the even ing service, VThe Plaintive Cry." c ; - First Baptist Church, . ' There will be regular service at the First Baptist, church tomorrow at It a. m, and 7 p. m. Preaching by the pastor, 'V'v'' . 1 1 j 'i -LV. .,.,.'"y- V " Asscociata Reformed Presbyterian. Sabbath School at 10 a. m. Preach ing at 11 a. m. by the pastor. No evening service. ' 'I -"An Automobile Accident. , Charlotte,. Feb. 24. While nearing the Catawba river on a fifty mile busi ness trip through this section, R. O. Alexander, a cotton dealer of this city, had a close call when his auto turned turtle and pinned him beneath. . Mr. Alexander., was brought back to the city, a distance of eleven miles, still unconscious, this afternoon, but later regained consciousness, and it is now believed that his injuries are not se rious, .'.f ''''' 1 'i .. AS LARGE ONES ARE here. -You need not wait business has assumed great proportions, before opening an ac- so to-day. AT THE CPZ2A HOUSE. Dixie Unaical Comedy Company to be Hera Three Sights Hex Weak, We will have with s at the opera noose the Dixie Motleal Comedy Com pany, a combination f clean, clever artist three nights next week. - .His company lias been playing the leading theaters throughout the coun try and eomea to this town very highly recommended. - . The company will introduce eomed? pUyietts, farces and popular plays and will in trod nee specialties between the acts as they carry with tfaem com edians, singers, dancers, acrobats and sister team. v, v The oompany has been playing at bigger price in the different cities but to give the people, in fact all the people an. equal ebanca the manage ment baa reduced we price to limit in reach of everyone. Do not forget the datesMonday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights., j First White Man to be Electrocuted. J. B. Allison, the first white man to be electrocuted in the (State's pris on,: was killed in the electric chair t here Friday, , i - v: r ';;'''..' : ' While talking with his spiritual ad viser and his son before the electro cution, Allison made the statement that he was prepared to die and mneh preferred the death chair to the com mutation of life imprisonment. ' Allison said: "Why should I fear Him; sin has brought me to die: why -should I fear HimT - I hope to meet yon all in heaven, and' may Good bles you are my prayers. Amen." . - - Improvements at Landis. . J. A". Upright and Charles Lyerly have just opened up a wood and blaex- smith shop. Subscriptions have been taken lor a national Jtsana. une sutHcmxrs meet to organize March 2nd. - The stock has aU been subscribed. - Arrangements have been completed by which another large building is to go up here this summer. It will be 63 feet front by 70 feet deep, two stones. This will be in three rooms, with pressed brick ' front, or rather glass front," -- . - Tjinrtia Fbrnarv 24. 1011: . - U Cow im v . - The garments you find here are made to render : a satisfactory eervice. ... :.. They are not made "jost: to Bell'- butto hold ' k their attractive features as lone as the garments are in service long and even strenuous service. ; p Sununa-. j m & fcr Ca'; Garments " ' Are Stylish- good featurebut what is just - as important they hold their stylish lines as long as worn. ' , . The funseen" side of these garments is perfect in t every detail. Nothing has been ! left ; undone to in- ,' ; sure a long and useful" life for each and everyone S: bearing the Washington Company label. ' H F r:. msoirAi.inarTiox.'". S mmmmmmm Sobm of the People Her and Bst - where Whs Com and Oe. Mrs. T. D. Uaness Is spedinr the day in Charlotte. Miss Lol SapDenfield i riskina friends ia Salisbory. ..' Mrs. S. W. Beck, of Leximrton. is visiting Mrs. M. E. Barrier. Rev. D. L Offmaa. and. Mr. 1. H. Ragan, of China. Grove, were here to day on business. Mrs. W. B. Ward and little daugh ter, - Mellicent - Virginia, are visiting . relatives in Randleman. . - ; ' Miss Wooten. who has been visiting Mrs. E. T. Cannon, has retaraed to her borne in Golideboro. Mr. J. C Peck, who has been teach ing school in South Carolina, ia visit ing his brother, Mr. J, A. Peek. - Misses Helen Satterwhite, of New berary, Ruth Oroseelose and Christine Miller, of Mount Pleasant, are -the guests of Miss Janet Lents. ; ' - . . 1 '' 'V ( Birthday fiarpriat Party. , Mf. C. A, Cook twas delightfully surprised by a number of friends last night, who called at his home en masse to greet him on his Slat birthday. The party brought refreshments and sev eral delightful hours were spent. . Mr. Cook's unexpected guests were: Mr. and Mrs. C. P. MacLaughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Wolff, Misses Eleanor Norman Laura Ridenhour, Pearl Barrier, Irene Krider, Lola eleppenneld, fiallie Cas tor, Maude Virginia Brown and-Ver-nie Blnme; Messrs. W. C Correll, V. L. Norman and Kay Patterson. The value of land per acre in Row- an county is $8.29; tho . aggregate - value of all property in the county is $12,512,034; there are 5,918 polls, and the aggregate tax from all sources is $136,059.21. Rowan ranks ninth among the counties of the State in the aggregate value of property, and also ninth in the total amount of taxes collected. The value of her land per acre is well up at the head of the list, while there are only seven counties having as great number of polls; as " Rowan.,..,,,.-,." - -T 0 Cashlngton. Garments Ms ! and there is nothing in safe banking we cannot perform. , r ' . - f ...... 1 a ii-l tl.e unions were blesned j . '. n, 22 of whom are liv- t v."- i -j. by-his lflRt It is announced that the new Salis vJ bury govern t 1 '' w'M be ready f r i - r " , II. I . .." on bv J.ur h l. i.