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VOL 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1911 Number 46
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NEWS NOTES FROM
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Mr. Mann Introduces Bill
For Free Trade
L0R1MER MAY LOSE HIS SEAT
Native Hawaiian of Wealth Visits
Mr. Pou. Commander Peary Be
fore Committee.
By A. M. NOBLE.
Washington, Jan. 11, 1911.?Mon
day in the Senate marked the begin
ning of what promises to be one of |
the greatest fights that has taken
place In the Senate in years, when
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, in
troduced the minority report of the j
committee which has been investigat-'
Jng the charges of bribery In the
case of Senator Lorlmer, of Illinois.
Senator Lorlmer received 108 votes
of the 202 In the Illinois legislature.
It was disclosed by the evidence be
fore the investigating committee that 1
four votes were bought and that
three of the men who voted for! Lor- j
rimer bought the above mentioned j
four votes. Beveridge in his report
asserts' that the three who bought:
the votes are as guilty as those who
accepted the bribes and that all sev- )
en of the votes should be thrown j
out. If this were done Lorrimer
would only be entitled to 101 votes
which would not be sufficient to el
ect him. Lorlmer'a friends however. ,
Claim that in no phase of the case
can more than the four votes be t
thrown out, which would still give
him a majority of one. Opposition to
Lorimer is growing stronger every j
day and it is hard to tell what the
outcome will be. The debate is at- ,
trading much atte-#on; many of j
the representatives left the Hou^e !
yesterday to hear Beveridge's sptx ch.
Commander Robert Peary is also
In the limelight again, having ap
peared before the Committee, on Na
val Affairs Saturday to present his
proofs in support of his claim of hav
ing discovered the! North Ptole. There
has been a bill introduced, which if
pas<5ed will advance the rank of
Peary to that of Rear Admiral and
retire him from the Navy. Repre
sentative Macon, of Arkansas. is
the leader of the opposition to the
bill and much interest Is centered in
the outcome.
Representative Mann, of Illinois,
created quite a sensation in the
House on last Saturday, when he In
troduced fifteen bills which provided
for free trade in necessities. Mann
Js known as one of the wheel-horses
ef the House and is a "stand pat"
Republican. It is generally conceded
that his only purpose in presenting
the bills was to make trouble for
the Insurgents and Democrats who
forced a revision of the rules at
the last session of Congress. No one
believes him sincere in introducing
the bills. They will hardly come j
up before the House for consideration
at this session.
On last Friday Mr. Pou was paid
a visit by Mr. Sam Parker, (name
Anglicized) a full-blooded Hawaiian,
of Honolulu, Hawaii. Mr. Parker is
a man about sixty years of age, j
though much younger looking. He
ts a very large man, weighing 1
should judge, over 250 pounds and '
his complexion is exceedingly dark.
He was a Colonel on the staff of
King Kalakaua and after his death
was a member of the cabinet under
the reign of Queen Liliuokalani, wife
of King Kalakaua. He has a very
costly and elegant collection of
Jewels given him by King Kalakaua
He had on while in Mr. Pou's of
fice, two of his diamonds which were
jnagnlficent One was in a ring and
the other in a stick pin. I have been
told by some who knofw him that he
Is a multi-millionaire and from what
I saw of him and from what I have
heard of him, I would judge him to
be a game sport.
During his conversation he told Mr.
Pou that Hawaii went Republican,
although most everything else over
in the States went Democratic. That
the Hawaiian* were perfectly satis
fied with the government given them
by the United States, and that
tbey were not desirous of home rule
and independence. He said he knew
that t&ey would be treated right un
der tfie Democratic Administration.
"Why they must treat us right,'* said
he, "or little Mr. Jap will come ov
! er and take charge of things."
It might be of Interest to some to
know that Hawaii Is represented in
Congress by a territorial delegate, as
! Is also Alaska. Arizona, and New
Mexico.
The present territorial delegate is
J. KuhJo Kalanianaole, a Republican,
1 of the district o< Honolulu. He la
| forty years of age and received his
education in Honolulu, the United
States and England. He was cre
ated prince by royal proclamation in
1884 and is a cousin of th?_late King
Kalakaua and Queen Ltliuokalani.
This is the fourth term he has serv
ed In Cotigrew.
DIRECT VOTE FOR
U. S. SENATORS
Senate Committee Will
Report Favorably
TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
State Legislautres Would Be Empow
ered to Set Time, Place and
Manner of Holding Elections.
Washington, Jan. 9.?At a meet
ing of the senate committee of the
judiciary, held late to-day, a decision
was reached to report favorably the
rules committee resolution authoriz
ing an amendment to the constitution
providing for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of
the people.
The controversy in the committee
turned upon the question as to
whether the state or the federal
government should supervise the el
ections. The sub-committee's provis
ion "that the times, place and man
ner of holding elections shall be pre
scribed In each state by the legisla
ture thereof."
Senators Depew and Nelson both
offered amendments giving congress
the power to regulate, but the sou
thern senators opposed these provis
ions as most prejudicial to the in
terests of their constituents.
The two amendments were similar,
but Mr. Depew's went farther than
Mr. Nelson's in the matter of pre
scribing the qualifications of electors.
Both were voted down. 8 to 3. The
favorable votes were cast by Sena
tors Dopew, Nelson and Dillingham.
NORTH CAROLINA CITIES.
A List of Those Having Over Five
Thousand Population.
The Director of th=> Onsus FSurear.
ia.e out last weak a list of the cities in
North Carolina having 5.000 and ov
?p. There are twenty of these cit
ies in the State according to the
census of 1910. while there wer<
inly twelve with five thousand in
1900. The list of these towns follows:
Cities 1910. 1900.
Asheville 18,762 14,694
Charlotte $4,014 IS,.OH
Concord 8,715 7,910
Durham 18,241 6.679
Elizabeth City 8.412 a 6,:us
Fayetteviile 7.04.j?| f4^0
Gastonia 5,759??,M*>10
Goldsboro 6.1Afti '' 5,877
Greensboro 15.S#' 10,038
High Point ^.525 4,163
Kinston 6,995 4,106
Newbern 9,961 9,090
Raleigh 19,218 13,643
Rocky Mount 8,051 2,937
Salem 5,533 3,642
Salisbury 7,153 6.277
Washington 6,211 4,842
Wilmington 25,748 20,976
Wilson 6,717 3,525
Winston 17,167 10,008
A Singing School.
We are requested to announce that
Mr. Oscar Mozingo will begin a
singing school at Moore's School
house in Oneals Township, Saturday
afternoon, January 14, at two o'clock.
Everybody Is invited to attend and
take a part. The class will xueet
Sunday morning at ten o'clock, and
again on the fifth Saturday after
noon at two. On the fifth Sunday
the class will meet with the Vo
cal Union at Stancil's Chapel.
OPPOSITION TO
COMMITTEE PLAN
Some Congressmen want
Power In Speaker
MR. ?0U IS ONE OF THIS CLASS
The North Carolina Congressman
Will Be Heard in Opposition at
The Meeting January 19.
Washington, D. C., Jan. a.?Al
though It is practically assured that
the Democratic caucus of members of
the next House, to be held here Jan
uary 19th, will take away from the
Speaker the ri^ht to name commit
tees and bestow the authority to
make these selections upon the ma
jority members of the ways and
means committee, this action will not
be unanimous. There are a consid
erable number of Democrats in the
next House, who believe that it is
a mistake to depart from the sys
tem that has been employed in the
organization of the House by both po
litical parties for a great many years.
In their opinion the selection of a
committee on committees to do the
work heretofore confided to the
Speaker will result In dissensions and
chaos.
Representatives Fitzgerald, of New
York; Pou, of North Carolina, and
Brantley, of Georgia, will be heard in
opposition to the new innovation.
They realize that they are in the
minority, but so firmly convinced are
they that a mistake is about to be
made, that they will demand a count
of noses. They believe that there are
fully one hundred members of the
next House, who will line up against
the selection of the ways and means
committee to pass around committee
assignments.
Representative Edward W. Pou
will address the caucus in behalf of
the resolution he introduced at the
last session of Congress authorizing
the Speaker to make committee as
signments, subject to the approval of
the party caucuses. Under the terms
of Mr. Pou's resolution, Speaker-to
be Clark would have to certify the
names of Democratic appointees to
the Democratic caucus for approval,
and by a majority vote such recom
mendations could be rejected. The
same machinery Would appiy to Re
publican committee selections.
? The -e are the Important committee
assignments desired by the members
of the North Carolina delegation in
the next Congress:
Mr. Kitchin, on ways and means.
Mr. Pou, chairman of the commit
tee on the District of Columbia, if
he is not a candidate for membership
on the ways and means committee.
Mr. Page, on the appropriations
. c ommittee.
Mr. Small, on rivers and harbors.
With the certainty that one of t}ie
North Carolina congressmen will be
on the ways and means committee,
which will make the committee selec
tions, the State delegation should
farve very well.?Thomas J. Spence,
in News and Observer.
TWO NEW SENATORS CHOSEN.
California and Connecticut Name
New Men For Senate.
The California Legislature has
| chosen Judge John D. Works to
succeed Senator Flint In the United
I States Senate. Senator Works Is
| a native of Indiana where he was
born. 63 years ago.
The Connecticut Legislature has
named ex-Governor George P. Mc
j Lean to succeed Senator Bulkeley
I in the United States Senate. Sena
| tor McLean is a lawyer 56 years old
| and is considered one of the weal
thiest men In his State.
Mule Kicked Half Bushel from Man.
J On Wednesday of this week, Mr.
Hardy Home, of Clayton, came near
i having a serious accident. He took
a half bushel oC corn cobs to throw
them out In his lot. Just as he
started to pour them out a mule kick
j ed them from his hand and broke
the measure into several piece*. The
mule's toot struck about an inch
above Mr. Home's hand. The kick
Jarred Mr. Horne, but did not hurt
him seriously.
I
KITCHIN ON WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Congressman Pou to be on
Rules Committee
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT REACHED
Congressman Pou Will Also Have
Big Chairmanship, Giving Both
Men Good Assignments.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 12.?There
is joy and harmony in the Democrat
ic camp once more. The bird of
peace landed amongst the Democrats
of the next House lato this afternoon,
and the contest that was being wag
ed over committee assignments was
brought to a happy termination.
Everybody is pleased, and it is
the general comment that the con
test did good, for it is better that
the fight occurred now than during
the consideration of tariff legislation
at the next session of Congress.
North Carolina was the biggest
gainer as the result of the peace
agreement entered into to-day be
tween Democratic leaders of the
next House. It is now definitely de
termined that Representative Claud*
Kitchin will be a member of the w?ys
and mean? committee, while Mr.
Pou is to be the chairman of on? of
the big committees of the House, as
I well as a member of the rules com
mittee. Mr. Pou admits that has
consented to the harmony *????ment, '
and he will probably mak1*' public a
statement tomorrow anno^p ng his
position with regard to t ,? friend
ly contest that he has wif.?ed. He
would have made public Uis state
ment tonight but for his desire to
have a further conference with Rep
resentative Champ Clark and Oscar
Underwood.
"All that I have done from the !
very beginning,'' declared Mr. Pou,
was to work for harmony. My ob
ject has been to have the Democrat- j
ic party get past a crisis thatj threat
ened It."
It is now accepted by everybody |
that the majority of the ways and
means committee is to be Increased
from twelve to fourteen, and the new
members will be Representatives
Brantley, of Georgia, and Hughes, of
New Jersey.
It is generally believed that the ;
peace agreement is a happy one, and
that it will put aside friction of all
kinds among the Democrats of the
next House. Certainly the agreement
is a fine thing for North Carolina. Mr.
Kitchin, in addition to being a mem
ber of the ways and means commit
tee, will also be a member of the im
portant committee on committees,
tha* is to make committee selections,
i Mr. Pou is better provided for than
I he ever was with the assurance of
(one of the big chairmanships and
! membership on the rules committee,
I one of the most important in the
House. There are said to have been
; other considerations in the peace
agreement. I am told the assurance
was given that there will be no dis
crimination against those Democrats
who voted for a duty on lumber. An
other understanding in the harmony
pact Is that the majority of the ways
! and means committee will not bring
j before the House and proposition to
put raw material on the free list.?
Thomas J. Spence, in News and Ob
server.
FIRE LOSSES (234,000,000.
United States and Canada Suffered
$30,000,000 More than in 1909.
Chicago, Jan. 6.?Statistics made
public here to-day show that losses
by fise la the United States and Can
j ada In 1910 amounted to $234,470,650,
or over $30,000,000 more than the
losses In 1909. December losses
wtre exceptionally heavy,, aggregat
ing $21,528,000.
There were thirty-six fires in the
yctr which caused a damage of $000,
j 000 or more and in ten cases the loss
exceeded $1,000,000. In only two
I preceding years have the fire losses
J been heavier than in 191?, one being
the year of the Chicago fire, the
; other of the San F ranclsco fire.
Mr. W. T. Adams and family have
1 move*,' into the Canaday residence
opposite the Graded School.
SUGAR TRUST WILL
HAND OVER $700,000
Money Deposited For
Drawback Frauds
ACCEPTS SUGAR TRUST'S OFFER
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
Takes $700,000 and Drops Draw
back Cases.
New York, Jan. 10.?Vnlted States
| District Attorrfey Henry A. Wise an-j
nounced to-day that the comprom
ise offered to the government by
the American Sugar Refining Com- '
pany in the drawback duty dispute 1
had been accepted by Secretary of ,
the Treasury MacVeagh. The de- .
posit of 1700,000 In settlement of all
civil claims against the company al
ready has been made, and tho money
is at the dispoasl of the government. I
The total amount of drawback 1
which the government hoped to col- s
j lect by legal process wa? $685,000. i
t
STATE NEWS. ,
On Friday afternoon of last week, j
the people of Italelgh were shocked j
to hear the news that Mrs. H. O. ,
Bannister, wife of the manager of ,
the local office of the Western lTn- (
Ion Telegraph Company, and her 17 t
months old baby were found dead in ,
the bath room, which was filled with j
gas. The accident probably occurred
by not properly lighting the instan
taneous gas heater.
A horrible accident occurred last
Friday in the Southern Railway
shops at Spencer, when Rev. R. P.
Bryson, met instant death by being
crushed under three pairs of engine
truck wheels and axles .which were
being lifted by a huge crane. Rev.
Mr. Bryson had not been In the ac
tive ministerial work for the past
year and had been employed in the
shops as machinist. He wa; 70
years old.
According to the minutes of the
Western North Carolina Conference
of the M. E. Church, South, splendid
gains have been made by that de
nomination in 1910. The Western
Conference includes 11 districts and
92,236 members. The value of the
church property Is $2,357,703. In of
ferings for foreign missions the con
ference gave beyond the amounf as
sessed. .
The commissioners of Salem lasi .
Saturday passed a strict law forbid- ^
ding dogs at large. The dogs are to ^
be Impounded and if not redeemed ^
within 24 hours upon payment of one ^
dollar, they are to be killed.
A Haywood County farmer, Arthur (
Justice, bled to death last Saturday,
before aid could reach him. A vi- 1
cious hog which he was feeding, bit
his leg, severing the main artery.
Capt. J. J. Thomas, for thirty year?
a prominent business man in Raleigh. 1
and president of the Commercial and !
Farmer's Hank until a few months
ago, #when failing health necessitated
his retiring to bo chairman of the <IV i]
rectorate, died at his home in Ral- |1
cigh, aged 80 years Saturday. He 1j
went to Raleigh from Franklin Co.
John L. Stewart, member of the '
House of Representatives of the '
! General Assembly of North Carolina,
from Montgomery County, died at 1
I Rex Hospital In Raleigh, Sunday af- 1
ternoon. He had been carried to 1
the hospital Saturday afternoon suf
fering from a deep cold and conges
tion. His death was due to anglo 1
neuratic aldenia of the throat. He
was 79 years old.
Three children of Arabella Gll
more, colored, were burned to death
Friday night In Fayetteviile. The
mother had locked the children in
the home and gone to a dance. She
was arrested and jailed Saturday.
The Postal Savings Bank system,
as fostered by the United States gov
ernment, was opened to the public
la Salisbury on the 3rd instant. The
postofflce Is being used as a deposi
tory and Postmaster W. Henry Hob
son Is in charge. It is said that
the movement has started off satis
factorily and that a number of wage
earners are making use of the privi
leges. Salisbury enjoys the distinc
tion of having been designated aa
the only place in North Carolina for
a trial of the system by the govern
ment
REBATE FINE PAID
BY STANDARD OIL
The Bij* Concern Forks
Over $23,766
CASE COMMENCED BACK IN 1908
Hard Fight Waged to Supreme Court)
Where Government Won?Is Fir?t
Anti-Rebate Law Punishment.
Buffalo, N. Y., Jail. 9.?The
Standard Oil Company paid into the
federal court here to-day $23,776, the
tine assessed against it for accepting
rebates. This Is the first fine ever
sollected by the government since
:ho prosecutions under the anti-rebate
,aw were begun.
The company was indicted by the
'ederai grand Jury here early in
1908 for accepting rebates on oil
ihopments. The oil was shipped at
lixteen cents a hundred pounds in
his state though the published rate
vas twenty-eight cents. The con
rictlon was obtained in June, 1908,
md a fine of $20,000 was imposed in
March the following year. Judgment
vas entered in June, 1908. An ap
>ea1 of the oil company to the Undt
States supreme court for a writ
if certiorari was denied and there ,
vas no alternative but to pay the
Ine.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The Legislature is now at work
n earnest. It took several days to
;et fully organized, appoint all the
?ommlttees and get down to business.
Several bills of importance have
>een introduced, but so far, none of
nore than local importance has be-\ ?
orne a law. One of the very first
neasures to pass the House was the
,ii: to prohibit the sale of near
er, beer and beerine in Macon
bounty. The unanimous and im
nediate passage of this bill shows
lometjiing of the temper of the
>resent House, and unless we are
nistaken the venders in this traf
ic had about as well prepare to close
ip their business. It ta to be hoped
hat the Legislature will pa?s a law
hat will be the ead of the whole
lear beer business.
Mr. Turlington, of Iredell, has in
rodueed an important bill wbich. If
t becomes a law, will forever pre
sent such conduct as Marion Butler
vas guilty of when he accepted a
ee to prosecute his own State In
he Bond suit of South Dakota. The
>ill is "To prohibit State officers
rom accepting fees to prosecute
:lalms against the State."
The Senators and Representatives
rom Johnston have already got bu
ly and are doing their part toward
unking and adding new laws to the
itatute books.
Senator Daggett, of Harnett, on
ru-esday introduced a bill to require
ill railways in the State to sell mlle
?ge books and require conductors on
:rains to "pull" these without fore
ing holders of mileage books to pro.
:ure tickets at stations In exchange
Tor their mileage.
Another bill by Senator Baggett is
to amend section 1159 of the Revis
a.1 of 1905 relative to stockholders of
corporations dealing with each other.
Senator Barbour, of Johnston, in
troduced a bill Tuesday to make con
cubinage between persons of Cau
casian race and negro race a -fel
ony.
Mr. Allred, of Johnston, introduced
a toil* Wednesday to require pas
senger trains to stop at all towns
when flagged.
In the matter of committee as
signments the Johnston County Sena
tors and Representatives fared pret
ty welt We will try to give a com
plete list In our next Issue.
A Grand Occasion.
We, the girls of Sandy Grove
School, will give a box supper, Sat
urday night, January 21, 1911. Th?
public is cordially Invited, and es
pecially the boys; and bring your
pockets full of money. The pro
ceeds to go to benefit of the school.
P. H.
January 10, 1911.