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NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, KRIDAtf SEPTEMBER 6. 1907 -SECOND SECTION.
30th YEAR
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COTTOI SH0V;3 DE
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Property Assessment Of Ral
eigh & Wake Co Ready,
' Fop Inspection
huti CitjTiuCT liwuwii
Coloration Commission Hear Com
plaints In Regard to Violations of-.
. - Hallways on Connections. Low -Streams.
Lecture on Ap-
pnlacklnn Reserve
System. Mr. Bra
ner to TIsIt
.. Europe. : . '
'.-. Special Correspondence. ! ,. . ,
Raleigh, Sept. 2. Cotton Is open
ing with very great rapidity now, ow
ing to the exceedingly dry and hot
weather. ; No rain has (alien In three
weeks and the plants yesterday look-
- ed quite wilted as to the top leaves.
' Your correspondent late in the after
noon made a trip through the cotton
i fields and saw .several thousand acres.
The staple Beems to be very good and
the. cotton is extremely white.. The
bolls opening , are just above : the
. ground.- It is said by . ft gentleman
who claimed to be an expert, that
thl3 opening was beneficial to the
plants,': he conteding that It - re
lieved them and threw the strength
into the other bolls. The plants con
; tinue to bloom very freely and are
heavy with fruit
Editor Clarence H. Poe, of the Pro
gressive Farmer has gone to Chatham
. county, wher his father is critically
" sick with cardiac authina. .
Tha assessment cf the property of
Wake county and of Raleigh is au
nouaced. The total valuation of real
and personal property, Including rail
ways, telegraphs, corporation excess,
bank stock, etc., but not including
- incomes aggregates $20,033,465, the in
crease being $982,163 in the county
outside of Raleigh, and $387,781 in
Raleigh, the" total valuation of Ral
eigh being $9,154,630.
. ' J. C. Beavers,va graduate of the Ag
" rlcultural and Mechanical ' College,
- here, has won quite a distinction by.
putting up the best .examination in
the whole country for a position in
the United States civil Service in' the
Department of , Farm Management
He took the top of the list, there be
ing other applicants from all the
: States. Ha was the only one from
- - North Carolina. His home is in Dur
ham county.
1 The Supreme Court is devoting this
week to appeals from the second dis
trict, which will be called tomorrow.
j The Corporation Commission ( will
. on Wednesday hear complaints . re-
' gardlng the breaking ot railwaycon
: noctions at Sauford and Maxton. One
of these connections has been broken
for some. time. Of course the Com-
' mission will look into the matter
very carefully Indeed, It has full
power uii.;.- tho law to require con
nections to l;o riade in case it finds
that they urn ie tsssary for the- public
service. ThuisOay next the hearing
of the Southern Railway rate case
will be resumed in the offices of that
, company at Washington and chairman
McNlell and secretary Brown of the
. Commission will go there to be pres
ent " . .
' Mr. Thomas B. Will, the secretary
. of the American "Forestry Association
writes me from Washington," D. C,
that ho will lecture here September
20th, upon the Appalachian Forest
Kenervo. lie was here last summer
hofmo ll.o Hummer School and made
a splendid talk which was admirably
Illustrated by stercoptlcan Views. His
visit here is tinder the auspices of
the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
and IndiiMtry, which has always taken
a very lively Interest in the matter
of preservation of the mountain for
ests.
Most of the streams in this section
are very low indeed. Some ot them
being smaller than in many months,
A letter from Secretary Thomas K.
Bruner, of the Board of Agriculture,
who is acting commissioner of imml-.
gration, Rays he will sail from Eu
rope on the 7th instant. He appears
to lie very well pleased with the work
he has t! .!! so far. The type of
young Scotchmen who have come
over hero It a very hlyji one, but
some of them, not bavin;; 1 n train
ed to a;.;rli-iilhi!'isl mriitl!n Iu.uk' from
the title, n ml bavins h-ii rpn.-inl In
V.'iitruetloti in txxik-lii'cg'inp; eti-,, have
fimml ctnploynieiit In otln-r itlaws, A
' well known fanner, Mr. It. W. B-ott,
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Dr KilRO President ot Trinity
College Supplied Pulpit of
. First Baptist Church
lias en FESTIV
ITIES HOT Bin
Speaker Justice Returns From Snath-
(era Rate Hearing Jn SewIork
But Immediate! Left Agala
' For Raleigh for Confer- -
enee With Attorneys. .
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Watered Stock - -
And Free;-
Passes.
Special Corespondence. '
Greensboro, Sept. 3. Officers here
yesterday arrested two " white men
asleep under a tree near Proximity.
One of the men, Michael. Fox Jones,
proved to have escaped from the Bat
tleship Franklin, at Norfolk, July 25,
and is advertised as a deserter from
the Navy, The other one', Crawford
Wagner, is suspected of also being a
deserter. A reward ot $25 will be
paid for each. Both are in Jail, await
ing instructions from Norfolk. Jones
admits his guilt, and Bayshe is anx-
ous to go. back and serve his penalty,
while Wagner is momentarily expect
ed to make confession of ' desertion.
He 'exactly corresponds to the de
scription recorded in the police rec
ord reward book. ' '
Rev.' J. C. Kllgo, president of Trin
ity College, supplied the vacant pulpit
ot the First Baptist Church here Sun
day. He preached a powerful ser
mon, both morning and night to large
congregations. " The church has sup
plied the vacancy caused by the re
signation of Its former pastor, Rev,
H. W. Battle, who has accepted and
taken charge of the pastorage at Kin-
ston, N. C. '
At a congregational meeting in the
morning,1' Rev.r W, O. Anderson of
Springfield, Mo, was chosen and com
mittee appointed to notify htm of his
selection and request his acceptance
ot the pastorate. Rev. Mr. Anderson
is expected to pay a visit here, be
fore deciding -upon the acceptance, ot
the important charge. - -
There was an immense turnout
all the ''people fiere yesterday to wit
ness the parade of tha Labor Unions
which I had charge ot the labor day
celebration. . Almost every industry
In the city was represented by ap
propriate and handsome floats, and
the procession of the different trades
and industries was imposing, being
nearly a mile long. Postmaster Ro
bert D. Douglass was the orator of
the day and made a very timely, ad
dress at the close of the parade. Many
of the stores, all of the banks, many
factories, and the government offices
were closed fh observance of this
State and National holiday, the post
office observing Sunday hours.
Speaker of the House, E. J. Jus-?
tice, Who has been engaged In New
York and Washington tor the past
two weeks, as one of the State' at
torneys in the hearing before stand:
Ingmaster Montgomery, In the rail
pad cases, reached here Saturday,
but left again this afternoon to have
a conference in Raleigh with the other
attorneys tor the State in regard to
the future division of legal labors at
the next hearing which begins in
Washington on Thursday. In the ex
amination of witnesses, so far, onlly
a part of the, testimony to be pre
sented In favor of the railroads has
been heard, and vice-president Spen
cer is the only one of these witnesses
whose examination has been , com
pleted. . The cross examination ot
Auditor Plant, which occupies sever
al days of the last hearing has not
yet been completed. It is not known
bof many other witnesses the rail
road will furnish, but is Is supposed
that Messrs Ackert, Green, and Hard
wick, important railway officials will
be sworn and examined.
Upon being questioned as to wheth
er the information promised about
watered Btoek, free pauses, and salar
ies, had becu furnh.hed, Mr. Jus
tice said "No, not yet!" We havs
asked for it from the only witnesses
yet Introduced by the railroad. Mr,
Siieneer and Mr. riant, and they ittJ
they would f in.', h It but It is not
yet forth coining.
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One of The Disturbing Ele
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A DoseVr oenira"er t Zi Trie at
The Present Term . of Federal
. Court. Republican Hordes
Hold Paw Wow. Bival
Candidates For The
Poatoffiea.
Special Correspondence.
' Greensboro, N. C, Sept 4-At the
opening of the special term ot the
Federal CouH this morning, Mr.
Robert P. Price, Rochlngham county,
was made" foreman ot the grand jury.
Judge Boyd delivered a brief but very
interesting and Instructive charge to
the grand jury in calling their at
tention to tho various offenses against
tho United States Government- Hs
was particularly clear is showing tho
distinction between the State and Fed
eral Jurisdiction, the reasons therefor
and the necessity for a complete
comity between the two. He also said
that the most demoralising factor in
modern civilisation was the little still
house in tho mountain cove, or on a
spring branch back of the house. Ho
declared this Institution to be the one
great impedimont to efforts oa all
sides to lift up the educational, agri
cultural and moral standards of rural
communities. .
The operation of these illicit distil
leries was against the State law, and
their suppression was primarily with
in the control ot State and county of
ficers, but as they, operated with out
license from the government and in
fraud of its revenue, they should be
prosecuted and punished when con
victed in the Federal court
As this special court was called to
dispose exclusively of cases against
twelve moonshiners caught in the cel
ebrated Smlthtown raid, two months,
ago, all of whom are in jail, It is not
supposed that' the court.: will be in
session longer than this week. Some
ot the lawyers this morning called up
some other cases hut Judge Boyd said
only these special cases would bo
tried at this term. - There being no
further business . to claim the atten
tion of the court an adjournment was
taken until three o'clock, District At
torney Holton stating that by that
hour he would have some true bills of
Indictment against the Stokes now in
Jail. , .
There was a big gathering ot Re
publicans here yesterday and last
night froaf' all parts of the State in
attendance upon the semi-annual ses
sion of the Republican executive com
mittee, Another Republican contin
gent was composed of the stockhold
ers and directors of the Industrial
News, and still another was the small
coterie representing the other Repub
lican paper, the Weekly Tar Heel.
These together with, the revenue of
ficers attendant upon Federal court as
well as upon . tho various meetings
made the city look almost like a Re
publican State convention was in ses
sion. But all waa calm, and serene
this time. Everybody recognizes that
Chairman Adams has the undoubted
call at Washington, as distributor of
Federal positions for the State, and
there was none to make trouble. What
members ot the executive committee
were formrly opposed to Adams for
chairman have laid down their arms
and Joined heart and soul in his cause,
Marion Butler was not even present
to make trouble for the Industrial
News meeting. At the executive com
mittee meeting there was but little
discussion and ' no dissension, a mo
tion to allow Chairman Adams to have
Houston Ess (."3:9 Fire
Special to Journal.
Houston, Tex., Sept I. The most
disastrous fire in the history of this
city occurred today. The loss will
coyer fully ;00.000. The fire was
of small consequence at first but
strong wind coming up swept the
flames Into the business section and
tho dry con lMlon of everything made
the City etwy prey to the Eftiuea.
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Daughters of the Imerlcin Revolu
- tlon to Commemorate Eden-
ton Tea Part j.;
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Raleigh, SepL 4. A committee ot
Daughters of the Revolution, Mrs. ft
E. Moffltt, Mrs. Henry A. Lindsay, and
Miss Mary H. Hintonr cal&d on Gov
ernor Glenn this afternoon and ar
ranged for placing a bronze tablet in
the capltol building to: commemorate
tte Edenton -Tea Party. ?The tablet
,a to cost about five hundred dollars
and will be placed in ? iche on the
lower floor. ot tho otuu. ...This will
be done In November. 'There will be
special ceremonies. The - .'committee
will present, and Governor Glenn will
receive. -f . ;
Cotton Prices Continue Upward i
Special to Journal. .
New York, September 6. Cotton
was again active and higher, advanc
ing about six points, closing figures
being: , . 1
October '. .' 12.31
November '. .. ...... .. .. 12.36
December.. . .v, .. .. , 12.41
January..' .. ..12.50
February I,, .. ..12.64
September Wheat ftoars
Special to Journal. ,
Chicago, September 5. The wheat
market was active and excited. After
opentag - wheat declined,! but on re
newed buying quickly advanced near
ly five cents a bushel over, yesterday's
prices. September ranging up to the
dollar mark. (.
Besrtalnt Against ' Sains; ' Southern
Railway. ;J
Special to Journal.
.) Asheville, September 5.? Judge Pur-
neli restrains certain people In Ala
mance county, for bringing suits a-
gainst the Southern Railway of North
Carolina Railway, for- penalty for
selling tickets above legal rate be
tween July 1 and August 8. The mat
ter will be heard at Asheville Septem
ber 18th.
Old Officers Re-Elected
Special to Journal' L ' -
Atlanta, Ga SeptemW-5. Charles
S. Barnett and the other officers were
re-elected to their respective offices
In th Farmers Union today. The uni
form bale resolution was adopted.
Pacific Fleet does to The Philippines.
Special to Journal.
San Francisco, September 5. The
part of the United States navy now
doing service as the Pacific fleet will
go the Philippine Islands soon and
after a short stay at the Islands, it
will .return to the Isthmus of Suez. -
TRUCK EFFJTKE 1UH.
Train From Norfolk Delayed by Slight
Accident South of Washington.
The train from Norfolk had a slight
accident last night at a point between
Chocowinity and Burgaw. The truck
of the tender Jumped the track, but
the train was stopped Immediately so
that there was no damage to the cars
nor track, nor was any one injured.
Aside from the tedious wait necessi
tated by the accident there was no bad
experience whatever. ;. There were
many passengers xra board. The train
arrived at 11:30 p. m.
complete control of, recommendations
for postmasterahips and other Feder
al appointments being adopted with
out protest ' ,
It was wondered by outsiders what
was the occasion of such long session
of the committee, it being known that
all was peace. It turned out that
most of the time was taken up with
speeches In regard to the claims of
rival candidates for the Oxford post
office. The Oxford delegation lnter-
egates .oaresentemfwymfwyemfwypw
ested In presenting claims of two can
didates were J. I. Cozart 3. W. Brown,
W. L. Peace, W. Peace, W. N. Critcher,
C. P. Hester, H. G. Hill and D. A.
Moore, and they all spoke. The other
vnmnt nnHtnfllcAa nf anv limmrlnnre
bavin candidates were Davidson Col -
Small delegations briefly presented
claims of rival applicants. As related
above, the whole push was practically
placed at the disposal ot Chairman
Adams. " .
The next regular meeting of the
c" i 'iii:;ce will be March 1, V. 1. J
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t' o In.' : trial Kfs, as weH as l'..;,t
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Others Terriflic Storm Near
Cape Fear River .
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Lonlsbnrg Negro Placed In Raleigh
Jail For Safe' Keeping. Hearing .
on The Broken . Connection
-V Matter. Committee Well -
Pleased with Selee -
, tlon of Gift of
Silver Service
Special Correspondence.',
: Raleigh, N. C, Sept 4. Superinten
dent Eugene Maxwell ot the Buck
horn Falls Power Company, which
Is the same company owning the Nor
folk and Southern Railway and the
Raleigh Electric Railway, received a
telephone mesage today from - the
plant which is on the Cape Fear river
not far from Moncure, stating that
during the storm yesterday afternoon
lightning struck one of the cement
houses killing seven men and wound
ing twenty-five others. . There., are
three cement houses, low wooden
buildings . with shingled roofs, used
for storing cement, and two of these
are a mile and a quarter from the
power housethe third being within
700 feet of it Mr.' Maxwell said that
he had received no details this morn
ing but was sure that the men had
taken refuge in the house from the
storm. . There are 700 men employed
there in various, ways, ; constructing
the great dam, etc. The first news
which came was that the power house
was struck but this was an error.
Last night Robert Upchurch, the
negro, who is charged with felonious
assault upon an aged white woman,
near Loulsburg, was brought here
and placed in Jail for sate keeping.
A special term of Court is to try him
at Loulsburg,, BeptenibeK-22, .but -there
were some little hints of a lynching
and in order to be on the safe side,
the sheriff brought him here so he
can be kept until the trial.
The Corporation Clmmisslon today
heard' complaints and answers as to
the broken connections, one of these
being that at Sanford, where for a
month the connection between the
Atlantic Coast Line and Southern
trains had been broken. Superinten
dent William Smith of the Southern
was before the commission today. In
the matter of the connection at San
ford between the Atlantic Coast Line
and the Seaboard Air Lino which has
been broken, also superintendent Hlx
of the Seaboard Air Line appeared.
A report having come to the State
Veterinarian Talt Butler, that there
was a case of glanders in horses at
Wilson, he has gone there to inves
tigate.
The committee which has selected
the gift for the cruiser North Caro
lina is very much pleased at the high
quality of the design. V It has bought
silver to the value ot $5,000, the a-
mout of the State appropriation, and
will add to this whatever there is
contributed by various cities and
towns in the State.
There are a punch bowl and tray,
ladle, thirty six cups, pitcher, two
dozen Ice cream trays, as many finger
bowls and trays, a six piece tea set
a smoking Bet etc. .The seal of the
Navy Department and ot North Caro
lina are on all the pieces and there
is a border of the products of the
State, such as cotton, tobacco, etc.,
while on each of the larger pieces
there are to be beautiful engraved
scenes of the highest .importance ot
the history of the State.
The silver service will be thor
oughly emblamatto ot North Carolina
and not only will it show great events
ot the State, but the men from North
Carolina who have done so much to
make this cpuntry. Including tour
J secretaries of the navy from here,
) Branch' Graham- Bader Rnd ma
added Jo8el,h Hew8' wno M cnttlr'
man ot the board ot naval affairs, at
the outbreak of the revolution was
really the first secretary of the navy
and who brought about the appoint
ment of John Paul Jones to the ser
vice.
Deputy Marshal J. D. Jordan, wli
was shot In the n!;-,t.t battle b-t
the squads of revenue ' n
Chatham county, last vie.k, h-t I
taken to his home at Ci.ry. pi
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man John Iiunka, f I ' , v !
was also shot, is i! !. x v- y v 1 i
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'.Pleasant Garden In Midst ot
Fertile Farming District
In Prosperous Condition
. led in coons
Officers Raid Gambling Ben, Find
Game in Progress and Seise Par
apheraalla. Strange Accident
to Passenger on Southern
Road. " Delegates to,
National Conven
tion D. A. R.
Special Correspondence.
Greensboro, N. C, Sept; 5. In all
parts of Guilford county, there is
Improvement in progress. Pleasant
Garden, adellghtful village on the
Fayetteville and Sanford branch of
the Southern, eight miles from Greens
boro is beginning to grow hearty,
healthy and strong. Always a fine
farming and educational center it was
the first rural community to establish
graded school in the county. Re
cently this school was enlarged and is
how one of the two rural high schools
In the county, under tho act of the
last legislature establishing free
county high schools. Recently a chair
factory has been built and put in oper
ation, with W. E. Tucker President,
E. R. Tucker, secretary and treasurer
W. H. Raggan, vice-president
Another n w enterprise at Pleasant
Garden, a delightful village on the
plant while two miles further at Ju
lian, 10 miles from Greensboro, an
other large factory for the manufac
ture of chairs la being erected.
At Pleasant Garden now Is being
erected a splendid club house. This
lodge," to cost a great deal of mon
ey, is being constructed for a com
pany of ownerss hunting preserves
who spend much of the winter in
this community. Among these club
men are President Clyde, of the Clyde
Line of Steamships, Major Weaver, of
Philadelphia, and Major M. M. Horton
a Philadelphia steel and Iron million
aire.
At the special term ot Federal court
this morning at twelve o'clock the
grand Jury came In and reported that
they were through, Judge Boyd In
dismissing' them said that in all his
experience in court, he had never yet
had a Jury that had accomplished so
much in so. short a time. In all there
were 32 true bills foundthe majority
of which were against the prisoners
captured in the famous Smlthtown
raid during the month of June.
The trial jury brought to tha fol
lowing verdicts: David Nelson, illicit
distilling; guilty; sentence not pass
ed; : John T. Griffin, charged with il
licit distilling, guilty, John Williams,
retailing, guilty; sentence not passed.
J, F, Cardwell, illicit distilling; ver
dict not guilty. ; "
The case against Zeb Frailer, charg
ed with illicit distilling, went to the
Jury this afternoon. ; -
This morning at four o'clock Offi
cers Causey and Jeffries made a raid
on a club room of a certain set of
negroes in the eastern section ot this
city, and discovered three ' negroes
gambling. They phoned tor two more
officers,, and upon their arrlvel Cap
tured the three negroes engaged in
the game, and three others who were
In the room.
When the officers walked la on them
the negroes were not playing, having
some warning of the raid,. and hid
the cards and money, but the other
gambling outfit was scattered on the
floor. ; Several of the negroes are now
on bond for their appearance In crim
inal court next week.
When train No. 35 arrived here yes
terday afternoon, Mr. John B. Crews,
one of the passengers, got off to get
a lunch at the Union News Company's
Lunch Stand. In going out ot the
door he stumbled and fell and was
thrown on the hard pavement In front
of the door. Dr. J. W. Long w
called and upon investigation fjn
that Mr. Crews had broken his h
He was taken to Et Leo's Ho. "!
where it is reported he Is r-
well. , A
Mr. Crews and his broil er, I'r
IX. Crews, who live at At ' i,
were returning from C'
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A Mighty Kick Resist ee J
With the Co p oaiion
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Several Old-Time Ylollnlsta, Eater la-
terestlng Contest Congressman
Kitchen Will Work For lade,
pendente of Philippine
Island. Barbecue ' . '
Glvea by Colonel
C. E. Johnson
to Lt Blue
Special Correspondence.
Raleigh, Sept 3. Governor Glenn
has made requisition for Will Har
ris, alias Lee Kirk, on the Governor
of Ohio. The ma i is charged with
murdering Joe Raymond last April In
Greensboro, and tae chief of police
of that city is appointed an agent to
go after him. '
This afternoon Col. Charles E. John
son gave a barbecue near here in com
pliment to Governor. Glenn, Lieuten
ant Victor Blue, V. S. A., and Sur
geon Blue, U. S. A. There were about
fifty guests.
Insurance Comm'ssioner Young, re
turned today from a two weeks visit
to his family at Montreat
The State Board of Education has
set apart $7,000 more for High Schools
various counties under the new
law sums ranging us high as $500 be
ing allowed to the counties to aid in
maintaining this : new system ot
schools.
Informal complaints have been
made to the Corporation Commission
that the Bell Telephone Company hat
without notice raised Its rate on night
messages so that they are tho same
as those in the diy. The Corpora
tion Commission vlll take up this
power. It has the power to regulate
the rates.- It Is cl timed that the Bell -
Company last year sarned 15 per cent
on its assessed property valuation.
Governor Glenn orders, a special
term of Franklin , county Superior
court to begin next week, Judge Neal
to preside, to try Thomas Upchurch,
a negro man, char jed with felonious
assault upon Miss Elizabeth Terry,
aged 60 years, at her homo where
she lived alone. Ti e chairman of the
county commissioners asked for tho
special term and so did the solicitor.
The latter tried to communicate with
tho Governor by telephone yesterday,
but the wires were down. Both, state
that there is danger of lynching and
that no time should be lost in hold
ing the court
Congressman Kitchen, when asked
about what was gc'.ng on in his dis
trict said political matters were very
quiet and that mort of the talk was
about the crops and that rain was
badly needed. The crop on high sandy
land is very poor rnd in many cases
amounts to but lit 'le, but there has
been great improvement on stiff land.
His district Is notable for raising the
small Spanish pean its, and the grow
ers have been thinking they would
have a very fine crop, so Judging from
the appearance of the vines which are
very luxuriant but upon Investiga
tion they find they are very poorly
fruited Indeed, aw, thai there will
be only two thirds of the big crop
they expected.
Congressman Kitchen has very de
cided views about the Philippines and
says he thinks this county ought to
give these islands their lndepen nc
as soon as the pec pie are t .i- I f .r
It, and are able tc maintain a ; -ernment
of their o-srn. lie t : s t ;
country ought to declare its pu i
(C ntbitt d cr Fsge Two)
Step Work Sys JTscia
Special to Journal.
Chattanooga, Tern., Sept 5. As
result of a so-calltft economic taw
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