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VOL. 28. SMITHFIKLI). N. C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER ,10 UM>0. NO. 41
OPPORTUNITIES
OF THE SOUTH
GREAT RESOURCES AWAITING
DEVELOPMENT.
Addresses Made Before the South
ern Commercial Congress Show
That There is Vast Wealth Latent
In Water Power Now Flowing Use
lessly to the Sea, in Cotton and
Timber.
Washington, Dec. 7.?Opportunities
lying within the grasp of Dixie land,
a recapitulation of the vast and vari
ed resources of the Southland, and
what needs be done to promote the
commerce of that section, were pre
sented to the Southern Commercial
Congress at the morning session to
day by a number of speakers.
That the cotton crop of the South
Is the mainstay of all the financial
Institutions of the country was the
declaration with which Harvie Jor
dan, president of the Southern Cot
ton Association, opened today's in
itial meeting. Other addresses were
made by G. W. Keiner, commissioner
of agriculture of Virginia, on "The
Neglected Agriculture Opportunities
of the South;" R. S. Kellogg, assist
ant forester of the United States
Forest Service, on "Perpetrating the
Timber Wealth of the South," and
by Hugh MacRae, of Wilmington, N.
C., on "Colonization Opportunities in
the Southern States."
Willet M. Hays, assistant secretary
ot agriculture, spoke on "The Neg
lected Opportunities of the South."
He referred to the immense water
power now "owing to the sea unused
and the ruthless deforestation which
is now sending material needed at
home to other sections and to other
lands. Eighty per cent, of the peo
ple of the South are, he said, engag
ed in agriculture and the small fam
ily farms, with improved methods of
agriculture, can be made to raise the
price of land so high that the hered
itary .owners of large estates and the
captitalists cannot afford to hold
them.
The erosion of hilly fields in the
South is a form of neglect, Mr. Hays
says, which cannot be remedied, but
future high prices will demand the
use of such tracts for forest products.
A more widespread evil has been
the abuse of arable soils, which,
however, can be restored.
The opportunities for specialized
farming in the South are great, the
speaker said, and there is much
need for vocational education. North
ern farmers now looking to Canada
should turn heir attention to the
South and the Southern highlanders
should seek the valleys. The ne
groes should be given vocational
training. Their masters before the
war appreciated the value of train
ing them for the farm, the shop and
the kitchen, but since the war this
has been neglected. The basic and
wonderful teaching of the demonstra
tion farm is being taken to the
South under joint federal and private
expenditure, and even more important
Is the training of boys and girls of
school age.
R. S. Kellogg, assistant forester of
the United States Forest Service,
discussed "The Timber Resources of
the South." Twelve Southern states,
he said, contain 200,000,000 acres of |
timber land, covering nearly one-half i
their surface. The total annual value
of the products of Southern forests
Is not less than $450,000,000. The
timber also has a value as a soil
cover in conserving the water power
of the section. The Southern forests
are mostly in private hands, but the
states have a duty In the manage
ment of cut-over land not suitable
for farming. Such tracts should be
made into state forest reserves.. The
federal government, too, has a duty.
Interstate realtions are such that
Individual states should not be ex
pected to pretect the Appalachian
forests in which the great rivers,
from the Ohio to the Savannah, have
their heads. The national govern
ment should purchase and make them
national forests.
Hugh MacRae, of Wilmington, N.
C., spoke on "Colonization Opportu
nity in the Southern States."
For many years, he said, the South
had an abundance of common labor
and the supply of capital was Insuf
ficient to afford full opportunities for
the laborers. This resulted in a
wage scale lower than in the North
; and West, and the Immigrant was
easily attracted to the other sections.
This turned the tide of immigration
away from the South.
The South cannot expect easily to
I turn the tide from its accustomed
channel, but a way to prepare for
| the emergent need of labor seepis
1 to make available the great areas
of unused lands for thq establishment
of colonies for agricultural Immigrant
Immigration, the speaker thought,
would prove the happiest and most
logical solution of the race problem,
which many thinkers admit is the
most serious facing the South.
George E. Tew, of Washington, ad
dressed the congress on "Opportuni
ties for Invention in the South." He
quoted census figures showing the
proportion of patents to population in
| the various states ranging from one
I to every 1,157 in Connecticut, down
j to one to every 15,992 in Mississippi.
South Carolina showed marked ad
vance, with one to every 2,062.
Invention is not inherent to any
! soil, said the speaker. Yankee in
genuity, socalled, is nothing but com
mon mental ability working in a
groove.
Mr. Tew urged the Southern manu
facturer to promote Invention by of
fering rewards, employing inventors
as such, establishing factory refer
ence libraries equipped with printed
specifications and other similar
means.
MARCONI GOES FOR PRIZE.
Inventor Will Receive $20,000 Noble
Award at Stockholm Dec. 11.
London, Dec. 4.?William Marconi
left London this evening on his way
to Stockholm, where he will receive
the Noble Prize for physics, the val
ue of which is $20,000. The prize
was originally worth double that1 sum
but this year it was divided.
Mr. Marconi will deliver his lecture
on December 10 and receive the a
ward the next day. Mrs. Marconi ac
companies him.
Twenty Below Zero.
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 8.?North Ne
braska. Southern and Western South
Dakota and Northern Wyoming to
day suffered from the coldest weath
er of the winter. The temperature
in Norfolk dropped to 12 below; at
Deadwood it was 17 below zero, and
at Lander, Wyo., 'jt was 20 below.
COLD SNAP IN THE WEST.
Temperature Hovering About the
Zero Point.
Chicago, December 8.?With the
temperature near the zero point over
practically a" of the Middle West,
telegraph companies here today found
themselves severely handicapped in
transmitting messages. The intense
cold following the snowstorm con
tracted the wires and snapped them
at many points.
The breaks are not confined to
any one direction, but have disturb
ed every line out of Chicago, and in
addition to hampering message ser
vice, have interfered with the dis
patching of trains.
The lines of the Western Union
Telegraph Company and those of the
Postal Telegraph Company are equ
ally affected, and officials declared
that the present conditions are as
bad as at any time in yers.
Wedded at Father's Coffin.
Chicago, Nov. 29.?Standing by the
coffin containing the body of her
father. Miss Juanita C. Howard was
married today to Irving Herriot.
The last wish of Mr. Howard, who
was fatally injured by an automo
bile last week, was that his daugh
ter should be married in his pres
ence. Before the license could be
obtained Mr. Howard, who was know
as the "father of the American Der
by," had become unconscious. He
died in that condition. The funeral
service was set for this afternoon.
Our Turner's Almanacs for 1910
have been received and our sub
scribers who will pay a year ahead
can get one free. Do not wait till
the first of the year, but come in
and renew and get one, under the
conditions which they are offered.
We are giving them away daily
I now.
| NEAR BEER TAX
OF $1,000 VALID
MAY BE LEVIED BY CITIES AND
DAN NEN BttflG LOSES.
Judge Brown for the Supreme Cjurt
Decides That Cities May Levy a
$1,000 License Tax on Near Beer
Saloons, That Such Tax is Not
Discriminative, Prohibitive or For
bidden by the Constitution.
The Supreme Court yesterday hand
ed down the opinions in fifteen cases.
The near beer license case was a
mong the number.
In State v. Dannenburg, Judge
Brown in his usual clear-cut and
able manner writes the opinion for
the court deciding, that a license tax
of $1,000 on near beer saloons is not
discriminative, unreasonable, prohib
itive or otherwi* forbidden by either
the State Constitution or by the
Fourteenth Amendment of the Unit
ed States Constitution. The facts in
the case are as follows: The Hoard
of Aldermen of Charlotte imposed a
license tax of $1,000 on all persons
selling near beer or kindred drinks
in that city. To test the legality of
the ordinance, Dannenburg refused to
take out a license and sold a pint, of
near beer. He was arrested, tried
and convicted before the city record
er, which conviction was sustained
by the Superior court of Mecklen
burg ocunty. An appeal was taken
to the Supreme Court.
Dannenburg contended that the city
of Charlotte did not have the power
under its charter to lay any license
tax on near beer. Judge Brown, in
the opinion, states that the city char
ter gives the Board of Aldermen pow
er to levy license taxes and makes
it a misdemeanor to carry on any
business, trade or profession which
has been licensed, without first ob
taining license from the city. He
states that the selling of near beer
is now an established business in
prohibition territory which under such
provisions in a city charter a license
tax may be imposed upon.
It was also contended that the $1,
000 license imposed by the city was
discriminative, and prohibitive and
therefore forbidden by the State Con
stitution. Judge Brown states that
the tax is not discriminative as it
is ii..i>osed upon all persons selling
near beer in Charlotte. He further
stales that the presumption is that
a license tax imposed by a city or
dinance is not prohibitive; that as
a matter of police regulation as well
as for revenue, the license tax can
be made large enough to stamp out
"joints." The Legislature of 1909
having imposed a license of ?20 on
persons selling near beer, a munici
pality cannot prohibit the sale but
may impose such additional tax as
will guaranee police control or reg
ulation as well as a source of reve
nue. He says "in fixing the proper
license tax upon dealers in near beer
and kindred drinks, we conclude up
on reason and precedent that mu
nicipal authorities may consider the
question both from the standpoint of
revenue and police regulations and
the cost thereof provides they do not
thereby prohibit and annihilate the
business entirely."
He mentions the fact that two near
beer saloons exist in Charlotte which
pay the $1,000 license tax and con
cludes that such license tax is not
discriminative, or prohibitive.?News
and Observer 2nd.
24 MEN IN DEATH HOUSES.
Number of Convicted Murderers In
the State is Largest in Years.
Albany, Dec. 4.?Within the death
houses of the three prisons of the
State twenty-four men, convicted of
murder in the first degree are await
ing either death or a determination
of their cases by the Court of Ap
peals. Not in years, if ever before,
have so many condemned criminals
I been housed within the prisons at one
time, and the increasing number at
Sing Sing Prison, where sixteen con
victed murderers are confined, has
necessitated the construction of ad
ditional cells to accommodate them.
Auburn shelters four doomed men,
and a like number are under the
death watch in Clinton Prison.
{hears message
i and adjourns
I CONGRESS TAKES A RECESS UN
TIL TODAY.
: Republicans Consider Text Sound
I Party Doctrine. Democrats Ap
prove of President's Efforts to
Economize, but Deprecate His Po
sition on Monroe Doctrine.
Washington, Dec. 7.?Having as
. sembled and received the Presi
dent's annual message. Congress to
day found Itself lfterally "out of
work," and In consequence both
houses adjourned until Friday, when,
if some of the various committees
fail to provide something to do, ad
journment will be taken until Mon
day next.
The formality of reading the mes
sage aloud consumed about an hour
and a half in each house today. When
the conclusion was reached the
House immediately adjourned, but the
Senate remained in session for some
time afterwards, an executive ses
sion being held before that body ad
journed.
Little fault was found with the
message among the Republicans, who
seemed to agree that It was as sat
isfactory a document as the Presi
dent could prepare and remain consis
tent with the party's campaign
pledges. The Democrats approved
at tha President's efforts to econo
mize, but deprecated his suggestion
that the Monroe doctrine had prac
tically become obsolete.
"The message is written in the
President's customary terse, vigor
ous style," commented Representa
tive Payne, the majority leader in
the House, while Representative
Clark, the minority leader, thought
about all that could be said about
the message was that it was compara
tively brief, "as discussion of almost
all important matters Is relegated
to special messages."
In both houses the message was
subjected to the most careful scru
tiny, and while the members paid lit
tle attention to its per.unctory read
ing by the clerks, thty buried their
heads between its pages and digested
as much of it as they could at one
reading.
WANTS EXECUTOR REMOVED.
j Mrs. W. A. Stewart Has Caused Re
straining Order to be Issued.
Dunn, Dec. 5.?A little bit of sen
sation was created this week in the
law circles when Mrs. Stewart, wid
ow of W. A. Stewart, deceased, caus
ed a restraining order to be served
on the Coast Line and H. C. Mc
Neil, executor, to stop payment to
the said McNeil by the railroad com
pany of the judgment of $25,000 ren
dered against the railroad company
at the November term of Harnett
superior court for the killing of W.
A. Stewart. The injunction was is
sued in an action which has been
brought for the removal of Mr. Mc
Neil as executor. This is a surprise
to the community as Mr. McNeil is
a man of high character and stand
ing, and it has been generally under
stood that Mrs. Stewart was entire
ly satisfied with his management of
: the estate.
Dr. John M. Kaison, of Duplin, will
be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the Third
District next year.
BLIZZARD IN THE WEST.
Snow Driven in Clouds Before a Galr
of Wind.
Chicago, Dec. 7.?Blinding clouds
of snow, accompanied by lower tem
perature and a 35-mile-an-hour wind,
swept over Chicago and the surround
ing territory today, bringing death
to three persons. One of the vic
tims, a laborer, was found dead
from cold and exposure. The other
two were railroad switchmen, who,
blinded by snow, were run over by
engines. The snowfall In this city
| was four inches, and reports from
outside points told of IS Inches on
the level.
The Southwest is in the grip of
the moat severe cold wave of the
seMloa, with temperature* ranging
from 8 degrees above zero at Okla
homa City to 4 below at Concordia
and Dodge City, Kan.
Denver reports the entire sta-te of
Colorado Is shivering In the coldest
December weather in 31 years. Ten
below zero was reached last alght.
Bitterly cold weather Is also reported
from Southern Wyoming, 18 below be
ing recorded at Laramie last night.
STATE NEWS.
A. W. Douglass, aged 50, a carpen
ter, tell dead on top of a house h?
was building at Durham Tuesday.
The Kingsdale Lumber Plant near
Lumberton was burned one night
last week. The loss was about $30,
000.
The Internal Revenue receipts for
November in this, the Eastern North
Carolina district, amounted to $226,
uut
Hedrick's livery stables at Lexing
ton were burned Sunday night. Twen
ty-six horses and mules perished in
the flames.
The Nash County Manufacturing
Company's plant at Spring Hope was
destroyed by fire Staurday. The
company was engaged in the man
ufacture of sash, doors, blinds, man
tels, etc., and did a large business.
The loss is placed at $8,000. The
origiu of fire is unknown.
A verdict declaring Lee H. Battle,
former cashier of the wrecked City
National Hank, of Greensboro uot
guilty of abstractions, false entries
and misleading reports for which ho
was indicted, was returned Satur
day by the jury which for two weeks
had listened to the evidence in the
case before the United States court
at Greensboro.
The baptist State Convention met
in the 79th annual session at Wades
boro Tuesday night. The sermon
was preached by Rev. G. T. Wat
kins, of Goldsboro, after which the
body was called to order by the re
tiring president, Hrof. J. B. Carlyle.
Mr. VV. C. Dowd, editor of the Char
lotte News, was elected president and
Mr. N. B. Broughton, of Raleigh,
was elected secretary for the 27th
time.
Operation for Cataract.
Kenly, Dec. 7.?Mr. R. H. VVatkins,
of Kenly, was successfully operated
on for cataract at his home near
Kenly by Dr. Wakefield, the Char
lotte Eye Specialist.
Mr. Watkins is nearly forty years
of age and has been practically blind
from childhood. The doctor esti
mates the probabilities in favor of
useful vision being restored as 95
per cent.
The Marvel of Cotton.
Figuring in round numbers, but
near enough to show the trend, we
get some results that are impressive.
Ten years ago the South was
making 10,000,000 bales of cotton.
This yielded in money $300,000,000.
Now the South makes 12,000,000
bales, which, at current prices, will
yield for the crop nearly $800,000,000.
This section now has an aggre
gate of 10,000,000 spindles in all its
cotton mills. 7 he cost of a cotton
mill such as is usually built In the
South is $20 per spindle. Therefore
the total cost of all the cotton
mills in the South is about $200,000,
Ooo.
Gross advance in the value of the
cotton crop now over what it was
ten years ago is something like $.100,
000,000. Out of the profits from one
crop the farmers could buy all the
cotton mills and have $300,000,000
profit left over.
The $200,000,000 for the cotton mllli
is Invested for a long time.
The $600,000,000 increase which
the farmer receives is annual.?Char
lotte Observer.
Mr. R. B. Raney, one of Raleigh's
best known citizens, died Tuesday
after a short illness. He was not
quite 50 years of age. He will long
be known as one of the city's great
est benefactors,- the Olivia Raney
Library standing as a monument to
his love for his wife and his city.
Many persons find themselves af
fected with a persistent cough aftet
an attack of influenza. As this
cough can be promptly cured by the
use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
It should not be allowed to run on
until It becomes troublesome. Sold
by Hood Bros
| BLOODSHED IN
AN OHIO RIOT
GUARDS FOUGHT BATTLE WITH
STRIKERS AT BRIDGEPORT, O.
i Injunction Is asked For. Infantry and
Calvary Rushed to the City?2,000
Tin Plate Workers Involved and
Trouble May Spread.
Bridgeport. Ohio, Dec. 4.?This city
is under martial law tonight. Two
thousand striking employes of the
Aetna-Standard plant of the Ameri
can Sheet and Tin Plate Company, a
subsidiary of the United States Steel
Corporation, have been rioting since
last nigh' A regiment of infantry,
a squadron of covolary, and more
than 150 Deputy Sheriffs and compa
ny police guard the city and tin plate
mills. Five men have been shot and
more or less seriously wounded du
ring the last twenty-four hours. A
Federal court injunction has been
asked for in Columbus, O., to restrain
the strikers from Interfering with
the operation of the plant.
Gov. Harmon at Columbus is being
kept in close touch with the situa
tion, and has conferred full military
power on Brig. Gen. John C. Speaks,
which is in command of both civil
and State authorities here.
The lawlessness which brought on
the present situation was the result
of a fight early today. One of the
mill guards stepped outside of the
mill inclosure to escort another guard
to a cab. a fusilade of shots were
directed at the wo men. Two bul
lets struck one of the men, but the
wounds were not serious. A third
guard, rushing from the inclosure,
dragged the two men to safety.
The shooting from the mob of
strike sympathizers outside the mill
gates continued until daybreak, when
Sheriff Arinine wired to Gov. Harmon
for troops, saying in his message:
"We fear another Homestead strike
and much bloodshed."
KILLED MAN OVER WHISKEY.
Jesse Robinson Killed His brother-in
law.
Snow Hill, N. C., Dec. 6.?Last
night, near Ormondsville Jesse Robin
son was killed by Walter Faulkner,
the facts as found by coroner's jury
today was that the killing occurred
over whiskey, both parties being in
toxicated. Walter Faulkner has, made
his escape. Just before the killing
both parties was said to be on good
terms and it is said that they were
brother-in-laws. They had been rid
ing together. Faulkner asked Rob
inson to give him a drink of whis
key. Robinson refused, and Faulk
nen got his gun and shot Robinson.
The good people of the community
deplore this homicide. ?News and
Observer.
North Carolina Baptists Statistics.
Raleigh, Dec. 7.?Statistics ready
for presentation to the North Caro
lina Baptist convention in Wades
boro this week show 1,899 Baptists
churches and 1.681 Sunday schools
In the state; total church member
ship, 217,967, Sunday school mem
bership 153,464, with probably 3,000
church members in addition in
churches that have not yet reported.
During the year there have been 12,
752 baptisms, an average of one bap
tism for every 18 members. Bap
tisms are reported from 1,346 of the
1,899 churches in the state. The
denomination has raised $136,885.33
for all purposes, a gain of $13,300
over the year previous. There has
been expended for state missions
this year $41,346.13.
Change of Appointments.
Rev. Thomas J. Hood, of Wayne
county, has accepted the pastorate
of Pauline Baptist church and will
preach there each third Sunday at
11 o'clock and Sa'urday before at 3
o'clock. He will preach at Dupree
school house each third Sunday at
3 o'clock.
Rev. J. E. Hoyle of Wake Forest,
Is expected to preach at Thanksgiv
ing and Live Oak churches the sec
ond Sunday In December at th?
usual hours. He will not reach
there in time for the Saturday ap
pointment.