2ty imityirlft Jlrralii. Price One Dollar Per Year "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR OOO." ??a|> ~ ^ _ L ' 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.

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