VOL. IX. NO. 27.
4 Items Gathered From AN Sections of the State 9
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A Good Showing.
Raleigh, Special.—Assistant Labor
Commissioner M. L. Shipman gave
oui some news regarding the misce.-
lancous factories in North Carolina
which will appear in the annual re
port later on. He says that 557 re
turns were made, 46 more than last
year, and (hat the averages give a
vary accurate idea of the conditions
r vailing throughout the State. It
gratifying to note the remakable
progress North Carolina is making
industrially. While the chief object
Of these reports is to get the condi
tiona of wage-earners, yet the depart
ment endeavors to obtain also infor
mation aa will give the public a good
idea* the number and claaa of fac-1
tones now in operation. The returns
show an aggregate capital of $42,-
085,790, by 523 of the 587 miscel
laneous factories reported, 64 fail
ing to report capital stock. The Old
Fort Extract Work as usual merely
as a branch of the United States
Leather Company and represents
only a part of the $125,164,600 re
ported by that corporation. Last
year the aggregate capital atock re
ported by 467 factories was $31,239,-
510, exclusive of the Old Fort plant,
so that this year's increase is $lO,-
846,280. Of the factories 422 report
steam power, f!4 eleetric, 25 water, 12
gasoline, 9 steum and water, 3 gas and
they show a total employment of
119,830 horse-power. The number of
Ejrsons dependent upon them for
velihood is 92,081, which is 10338
more than reported last year. Six of
them report eight hours as the day's
wort, seven report nine hours, 436
ten hours, 48 eleven hours, 69 twelve
houi-8. There is a decided tendency
toward shorter hours. Seventy-four,
per cent report increased wages, 69
per cent pay weekly, 11 per cent
They report 30,991 employes, against
22,438 last year, the increase being
8,553. The highest wages a day are l
$2.47, increase >8 eents over last
year. Lowest Vwages, 93 cents, in
crease 9 cents. Of the adult employes
84 per cent read and write and 87,
per cent are children. Eighty-one]
per cent say that children under 14
should not work in factories; 7 per,
cent say they should and 12 per cent j
express no opinion; 82 per cent favor j
a compulsory school law; 9 per cent':
oppose it and 9 per cent fail to ans
wer the question.
Many Charters Issued.
Raleigh, Special. —The following
new charters were issued:
Greensboro Wall Paper Company,
authorized capital, $7,000; paid in
S7O. W. J. Holladay, A. C. Owen,
H. H. Holladay and W. J. Holladav.
Jr., incorporators.
Anna Cotton Mills, King's Moun
tain, capital, $95,000 authorized;
$31,000 paid in; J. S. Manney, F. Bil
ling and others, incorporators. »
| Greensboro Boiler and Machine
I Company increases capital from $50.-
000 to "$200,000. Issus of $75,000
cumulative preferred stock created.
Durham & Murphy Land Company,
of Charlotte; capital, $,">0,000; J. A.I
Durham, J. E. Murphy and J. C.
Murphy, incorporators.
Spot Cash Store, Bessemer; capital
$25,000 authorized; SI,OOO paid in;)
i W. H. Harris, A. B. Kimball and oth-
I ers, incorporators.
Rebuilding at Cooleemee.
Winston-Salem, Special.—A citi
zen from Cooleemee is authority for |
the statement that the damage to the
cotton mill at Cooleemee last week ,
asgregated $150,000. He says that
about 100 men arc at Work replacing !
the burned building. The manage- j
ment expects, to resume operations in ,
about CO days.
Judges Exchange Courts.
Raleigh, Special.—An exchange of
courts has been arranged with the
Governor, whereby Judge Jones and
Judge Webb exchange terms. Judge
will hold court in Guilford and
Granville, April 13tb and 27th, and
Judge Webb will hold court in An- |
son, Moore, Scotland and Chatham, |
April 13th, 20th, 27th and May 4th
respectively.
Windstorm at Davidson.
Davidson. Special.—An incident of
k a considerable rain and windstorm:
[ here Thursday afternoon was the
.blowing down of several telegraph
poles. across the railroad track close
to the Delburg Mill and not far from
• sharp cure in the track. A force .
of workmen who had just "stopped
off" at the mill bnilding on account
of the rain fortnnately were able to
elear the track just a few minutes
P Engineer Fetner rounded the
with train No. 27, thus pre
g what might have caused a
eeable accident to the train.
THE ENTERPRISE.
| Big Suit* Against W. 0. U. T. 0.
Durham, Special. Preliminary
steps have been taken in two heavy
damage suits to be brought against
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany within a few days. The sum
mons has issued and the complaints
will be field within a Mr.
| Benjamin Lovenstein and Messrs.
Manning ft Foushee are bringing
theae auits for N. R. Sykes, of this
city, and C. P. Cates, of Haw River.
While the complaints have not been
filed it is said that the suits will
probably be for $5,000 each, certain
ly not less than $6,000 for the two
litigations, which are brought on the
same action. These are mental
anguish suits growing out of the fail
ure of the company to deliver mes
sages announcing sickness and death.
Suit Against Southern.
u Wilmington, Special.—Suit was in
stiuted in Superior Court here by
i Mrs. Walter R. Kingsbury and
daughters, Misses Sallie and Lucile,
against the Southern Railway, alleg
ing $15,000 damages as the result of
injuries they received August 14th,
1907, in the wreck of a passenger
j train of the company between Hen
dersonville and Toxaway, while they
were in the mountains last summer.
Herbert McClammy, Eaq., is attorney
, for tho plaintiffs. The complaint al
leges defective roadbed, rotten ties
and wournout rails and incompetency
in the management; of the train
which was wrecked. The case will
be tried in this county.
Toxaway Hotel Leased.
" Asheville, Special.—Word was re
-1 eeived from Atlanta to the effect that
the well known Toxaway hotel, on
; Lake Toxaway, had been leased by
the Toxoway "company, owners of ths
string of famous hotels in the Sap
phire country, to a company promot
ed by C. A. Wood of Harvey & Wood
HoW company, whtm> headquarters
are in Atlanta. Ga. It is stated that
the Toxaway hotel will be opened for
J the season on June 11. The people
' connected with the new company arc
among the best known hotel people
| of New England, the Atlantic and
i Southern States.
jy Educators of Women Adjourn.
i Winston-Salem, Special.—The first
I annual meeting of the North and
| South Carolina Association of Col
leges for Women, which has been in
session here since Tuesday, adjourn
7cd at 1 o'clock Thursday to meet
next year at Spartanburg, S. C. The
visitors left for their respective
| homes Thursday. The closing session
! opened at 9 o'clock and was devoted
to a discussion of various matters
relating to the college work. At 11
o'clock there wart an interesting con
test between the seniof and junior
' classes of the Salem Female Collesre
in a game of basketball. A compli
mentary concert was given in the
Alumnae Memorial Hall to the dis
tinguished visitors'? The programme
was in keeping with the institution's
reputation for high-class musical en-
I tertainments.
Reunion Date Changed.
| Winston-Salem, Special.—At a
special meeting of the Norfleet Camp
of Confederate Veterans held last
week it was decided to change the
date of (lie annual reunion of tho
State camp from August 19th, and
I 20th to August 12th and 13th, as the
latter dates will be more suitable for
, the veterans of the State. Commit
| tees from the Norfleet Camp and the
I board of trade are now at work
| malting arrangements for the gath
ering, which is expected to number
' between 1,500 and 2,000 old soldiers.
Good Work Done.
Raleigh, Special.—Grand Secretary
Drewry, of the Grand ' Lodge of
Masons, pays the singing class of the
Oxford Orphan Asylum last year
, raised over $9,000, and that this has
| bedn one of the most remarkable
features of this splendid institution.
The class will make a tour of the
State during' the summer.
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FayetteviDe to Vote Bonds.
Fayetteville, Special. Fayette
ville will shortly rote on the question
| of issuing one hundred thousand dol
lars of bonds for street • paving. A'
meeting of citizens which was held
last week requested the board of al
dermen to eall such an election, and.
I that body had already signified its
readiness to do so whenever the 'Cit
izens made the request. The last
Legislature passed an act authoriz
ing the election. It will probably be
"held on May 4th, the date of the reg
ular municipal election. The vote
will likely be close, with probabili
ties favoring the bond issue.
: jk & 7'Si , '' '. jlLl.vV* \
WiLLIAMSTOM, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH J7, 1908
SENT INFERNAL MACHINE
1 Discharged Employ* of White Oak
Mills Sands an Infernal M&chin* to
Mr. Con* But, Being Warned by as
Employ*, the Packaf* Is Not Open
ed.
Greensboro, Special.—-Hardin Ger
nany, a discharged employe of the
White Oak Cotton Mills, was arrest
id and committed to jail charged with
•ending through the mail an infernal
naehine addressed to Mr. Ceasar
2 ; one, president of the Proximity and
White Oak Mills. The evidence
igainst the prisoner is vary strong,
nade so by .the fact that be did his
xrork in a bungling manner. Tke
package was delivered to Mr. Cone
Saturday morning, but the matter
*as kept quiet until sufficient evi
lence to warrant an arrest had
ieen secured. Within 35 minutes af
ter being notified by telephone that
the guilty mkn was located, Unit
*d States Marshal Millikan had eaus
»d a warrant to be sworn out and
!>ad committed Qermany to jail. The
inspected criminal was detained in
the office of the Proximity Mills un
:il he could be placed under arrest
)yMarshall Millikan, who was carried
A) Proximity, a distance of iwo miles,
by Mr. E. Colwell, Jr., iu his auto
mobile so uickly as to violate the
»peed law several times over.
Bat for the fact that he had re
ceived a warning, doubtless Mr. Cone
would lave opened the package and
received serious injuries. Mr. Cone
was engaged in conversation with
ihree of hie brothers, Messrs. Sol, Ju
lius and Bernard Cone, at his home
Thursday night about 10 o'clock
when the doorbell rang. The ring
*as answered by Mr. Sol Cone, to
whom was handed the note of warn
ing. The messenger appeared to be
ntosicated, and immediately aftei
delivering the note walked rapidly
»wny from the Cone residence. The
note, which was written in a legible
band, on wrapping paper that hail
been tnken from the company store
it White Oak, read as follows:
. . The Note.
'Mr. Ceasar Cone.
"Dear Sir: I pray that
not treat this as you usually do
anonymous letters, for believe me, it
is to your interest. Your life is at
italic. I learned to-night that there
l.iii- been nortetliing mailed to you
'Mint will explode when you open it.
you receive a package that you
lie nst expecting, for God's sake
lon't open it. I have very good
reasons for not giving my name.
Pleast don't treat this with contempt,
but bo very careful. I)o you want
the man who sent it arrested?
"Very respectfully vours,
"WHITE OAK EMPLOYE."
Across the face of the envelope in
written: "Important. This letter or
Its contents must reach Mr. Cone he
fore lie receive# his mail. Mr.
Ceasar Cone, home. His life depends
upon it."
The machine consisted of a narrow
mix, loaded with powdpr, shot, etc.,
with matches fixed to fire the powder.
It was a clumsy affair but would
loubtless explode with terrific force
iipon being opened.
Death of A. & M. Student.
Winston-Salem, Special.—Mr. Er
nest Hines, a student of the A. & M.
College at Raleigh, who was taken
with a severe attack of appendicitis
i few days r.tro, died "in a hospital
lialeitrh at 13:30 o'clock Saturday
night. Mr. Hines was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Hines, of Old Town,
who have been at his bedside ever
since he was taken ill. The remains
arrived here Sunday evening on the
7 :30 o'clock train and were taken
( o the home of the parents at Old
held from the residence at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon and 'he interment
will follow in the Moravian grave
yard at Old Town. Mr. Hines was
a most excellent young man. He was
held in the highest esteem and had
many friends wherever he was known
Negro Woman Falls Down Embank
ment and is Killed.
Wilmington, Special. Twelve
miles down the river Sunday morning]
at the foot of a steep delivity over-*
looking the stream near the high-tide
mark, the body of an old colored wo
man was found, her neck broken. She
visited in the neighborhood and
started home and is supposed to have
lost her way and toppled over the
embankment into the river. Her
neck was broken by the fall. A coro
ner's inquest was held, death being
assigned as resulting from an acci
dent.
Movement For Another Bank For
. Wilmington.
Wilmington, Special.—W. B. Coop
erj a leading wholesale grocer and
business man, announces definitely
that be V aOTfe Tiead of a movement
for the organization o fanotber nat
ional and savings bank here with
SIOO,OOO capital, half of which has
already been subscribed.
aSSIk- • o.
FLAYED THE TRUSTS
Senator LaFollette Finishes an
Abb Speech
CAPITAL TOO MUCH CENTERED
Wisconsin Senator Concludes Three
W»' Speech Showing Up the Ihi
tnitias of Our Financial System.
Washington, Special.—Upon the
eonelusion of Senator LaFollette's
speech on the Aldrieh currency bill
in the Senate a plan was decided up
on by which Senator Aldrieh will
mmove to take up the bill and con
tinue its consideration until it has
been disposed of.
, Mr. Aldrieh also asked for unani
mous consent to take up the bill at
onee and to dispose of it before ad
journment Thursday, but to that
proposition Senator LaFolllette ob
jected on the ground that he feared
debate would bo curtailed by such a
procedure.
The colloquy which resulted in this
announcement followed the conclu
sion of the third and lost installment
of Senator IjaFollette's speech in
opposition to the Aldrieh bill. He
Spoke for two hours. Resuming his
speech Mr. declared that
his statement that the industries of
this country were controlled by less
than one hundred men had been at
tacked as sensational. Declaring
that such was not the case he said
that he had been too conservative
and that in fact a much smaller num
ber of men dominate the industries.
"Along with this enormous in
crease in trust power has gone a
steady process of centralization in
the control of that power. Until now
the entire situation is dominated by
the Standard Oil-Morgan combina
tion," he declared. "The old flirhts
between these two ere at powers have
been laid aside. Mr. Morgan's pie
tu.ro. adorns the wall of the inner
room of the Rockefellers at No. 26
Broadway. In combination Joday
they are working together to eateher
in tire smaller power*. Mr. Hill has
IxVn taught that he must not oppose
the big ones. Standard Oil got in
'Mi the Great Northern ore deal. The
Could interest are .being swallowed
up by the combine. Morse and
Ileinzc were neatly pocketed during
the recent panic. The smaller trust
was given a drubbing and started in
the same direction. Vanderbilts can
no longer retain their important con
trol and themselves see the. handwrit
ing on the wall."
Growth of Trusts.
The Senator quoted John Moody
(o sho\ an enormous growth in trust
consolidation and capitalization in
four years. In 1004 Mr. Moody
placed tho capitalization* of the in
dustrial franchises and railroad
trusts .it over $20,000,000,000. That
amount * had increased more than
$11,000.i>00,000 or more than r>"> per
cent. The $31,000,000,000, he said,
did not represent the financial com
binations, banks, trust and insurance
companies.
. Mr. LaFollette read several lists of
eminent financiers to whom lie ac
corded various degrees of power in
the control of industries. 1I» in
eluded Senator Depew, of New York,
as aihoi",' those who exorcised largo
power and held many directorships
in the form of delegated power exer
cised by them in a mero representa
tive capacity. Mr. Depew was in his
seat and general laughter followed.
Mr. LaFollette named as next af
ter Monjan and the Rockefellers a
group of fourteen men who lie said
were "big operators and men of
large power and interests in their
own rights." These men, h° said,
tirid their best interests "in working
in harmony with Morcran and' Stan
dard Oil." No combination which
they could form among themselves of
others could cope with that power,
he declared. In this list of fourteen,
he placed the following men: W. K.
Vanderbilt, August Belmont, Frede
rick Wyerhauser. Henry C. Frick, J,
Ogdcn Armour. George J. Gould, Ja
cob Si I) iff. E. H. Harriman, Thomas
F. Ryan, Louis S. Swift, John Jacob
Astor. James Speyer, James J. Hill i
and W. H. Moore. |
The Lesser Stars.
A second class of men in the list
were the "stars of lesser magni
tude" but men of wealth and power
who work in with the combine and a
few of the higher rank of attorneys
and bank presidents of the system.
Of "the third group including the
balance of the lists Senator LaFol
lette said: "While some of them ex
ereised large power and held many
directorships, it was a delegated pow
er exercised by them in a mere rep
resentative capacity."
Mr. LaFollette concluded his
speech with a strong appeal to the
"progressive men" in the Senate to
stand together and beat tho bill.
He spoke of the activities of the
president and Mr. Bryan in com
. *
batting with wrong doing among high
financiers .
"Whatever difference there may
be in party policy or personality be
tween the President and Mr. Bryan
they are striving, each in hi# own
way, for certain fundamental truths.
Whatever mistakes Mr. Bryan inay
have made in policy, whatever mis*
takes the President may have made
in compromising legislation, they arc
believed in bv the people because
they are fighiing to preserve the
principle that the nation should bv
governed by the people."
Hair Catches in Loom.
- Spartanburg, S. C, Special—While
picking up a hair ornament from un
der a loom in the Beaumont Cotton
Mill, Mrs. Wheeler, an operative, ac
cidentally caught her hair in the ma
chinery and the scalp on the top o(
her head was torn off. The injured
woman was placed in an ambulance
and hurried to "the Good Samari
tan Hospital, where she is iu a se
rious condition.
Admiral Evans to Be Relieved.
Washington, Special.—Official an
noon bdol, a dHwbb SRLZBBBB
nouncement was made Tuesday af
ternoon by Secretary Metcalf that
Rear Admiral Evans on hn own
application and on account of ill
health will be relieved of command
of the batleships at San Franciseo
and that he will be succeeded by Ad
miral Thomas, now second in com
mand.
Legal Execution in Georgia
La Grange, Ga., Special.—lngran
Canady, a negro assaillant, was bang
ed in the jail yard Friday at 1:1(
o'clock. Canady was convicted o)
criminally assaulting Mrs. liox»
Jones at the last November term o)
Troup Superior Court. The crim«
was committed on September 23rd ai
the home of Mrs. Jones, near Wes'
Point, Troup county. The evidenci
shows that Canady entered the horm
of Junes by breaking iu tin
bouse:'
A Chicago Franchise.
Chicago, Special—After a firht
that has extended through the admin
istration-.of Mayor Dunne, the city
council, alter a fight lasting until
early Tuesday voted an amended
franchise to the Commonwealth Edi
son Company. The new franchise, its
enemies declare, gives the company a
virtual monopoly iu furnishing elec
tricity for light and power, giviiig it
a right to discriminate in rates for
service furnished and to charge what
ever it may please l'or emergency ser
vice.
Tragic Resultß of Dog Bite.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. Bitten
by ,n !og on Monday and developing
rabies despite the Pasteur treatment,
Andy Thompson, a machinist, escap
ed from his nurse and bit three wo
men and two men before he was
overpowered, lie later choked him
self to death in his agonies by tying
a collar around his neck. All those
bitten have been taken to New Or
leans for the Pasteur treatment.
Paper Excluded From Mail.
Patterson, N. J., Special.—Presi
dent Roosevelt states in answer to
an appeal from Mayor Mcßride _to
exclude "La Quest ione Sociale"
from the mails for the purpose of
suppressing tin* publication, that, be-,
sides directing that the newspaper
be denied the use of the mails, he has
requested the Depart ment of Justice
to make every, effort to prosecute
criminally those responsible tor the
I publication.
Prisoner Burned to Death in His Cell.
Little Falls, N. Y., Special—Light
ing his pipe in his cell in the village
jail, John Dohorty, of Middlcvillc,
who was locked up Saturday night
accidentally set fire, to the mattress
of his bed and before help could
reach him lie was-burned to death.
Doherty frantically tried to escape
the (lames, but the celi door barred
U« wuy. H*- was (#3 years old.
All Qniet in Hayti.
Port au Prince, By Cable—Presi
dent Nord Alexis in an interview at
ti;e palace, declared that conditions
in the republic were absolutely tran
quil. He said that he did not ques
tion his ability to preserve order
and protect interests here. Should
the powers, however, decide to keep
tha warships in this Imrhor he would
not object, but be added that there
was no necessity for such a thing
there was no possibility for such a
popular outbreak against the foreign
residents.
Sl.OOa Year in Advance
Will VISIT «
American Fleet Accepts Kind
Invitation of Emperor
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WAY GO TO CHINA IF INVITED
President Roosrrelt and Hla Cabinet
Consider Long and Earnestly the
Cordial Invitation From the Em
peror and Docide to Satisfy His
Desire to View the Big Sixteen,
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Washington, Special.—The Ameri
can battleship fleet is to visit Japan
The desire of the Emperor of tba
island kingdom to play host to tba
"Big Sixteen" was laid before Sec
retary Boot by Baron Takahira, tba
Japanese ambassador.' The invitation
which was couched in the most eor
dial terms, was made the subject of
extended consideration by President
Roosevelt and his entire Cabinet.
Secretary Root was directed to aa
cept the invitation, and the accept
ance was laid before the Japanesa
ambassador. It is regarded in offi
cial circles here as more than likely
that China will be next to bid for a
look at the fleet, and that should this
bo the case the invitation would ba
accepted. 1
Secretary Metcalf and Admiral
Pillsbury, chief of navigation, ara
arranging the details of the neir
itinerary. With the exception of
China, it is believed to have been
determined that all other invitations,
should any be received, will be de
clined, for at best the fleet will now
not be able to reach the Atlantic sea
board before the first of next March.
The itinerary which seems to ba
the most direct includes stops at
the Hawaiian Islands, Samoa, Mel
bourne, Sydney, Manila, Yokohama—
should that port be selected as tba
stopping place in Japan—possibly a
Chinese port, back to the Philippine*
and then home byway of the Sues
canal, with only such sfops as are
necessary for coaling.
The fall target practice has been
planned to occupy a month at Ma
nila either before or after the visit
to Japan. The desire to have the
fleet return to its home station mny
lead to n curtailnjent of the month
planned for Manila. ,
Japan will have the ships a week,
according to tenative plans.
The aceptanee of the Japanese
invitation is regarded in official
circles as of considerable importance
in tlio way of administration of the
cordiality existing belwoen the
American and Japanese govern
ments. The added trip is nearly
coual in distance to a voyage from
New York to Europe.
Census Report.
Washington. Special.—The Census
Bureau in its final ginners' report for
the present year makes the total
cotton ginned this season 11,261.000
bales, counting round boles as halves
ami including: linters. Last year it
was 1.1,290.000. In 1000 it was 10,-
725,602. By states the number of
hales are (running bales) —North
Carolina, G4S,r>l7; South Carolina,
1,175,375; Texas, 2,271,724; Georgia,
1,801,000.
Forca P„?duccd One-Half.
Nashville, Special.—Five hundred
men who were employed in the Louis
ville nnd Nashville locomotive de
partment, Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis railway shops here,
have been laid off. Orders were is
sued to the men on account of de
creased business and the intention
of tlio road to decrease expenses on •
every hand. This means a savin? of
s.')(>,ooo a month to the road. There
are still over five hundred men in
the shops. Many of the men laid
off aro experienced Vvokmcn.
Negro Soldiers Arrsstcd For Mnrder.
Mobile, Ala., Special.—lsliam Bish
op Eilrod, 20 years old, an enlisted
soldier at Fort Morgan, was carried
back to Tazewell, Tenn., under a
charge of murder. The soldier ad
mits the killing, claiming that a man
named Harris killed his dog and that
he kiiied Harris.
Norfolk It Western Employes Re
fuse Company's Proposition.
Roanoke, Va., Special.—The em
ployes of the Norfolk & Western
Railway Company declined to accept
the proposition submitted to them by
the road on February 24th, which was
"that in any month tha£ the com
pany's gross earnings are less than
$2.500,000 that—their taUa of
.will be computed on the rates in ef
fect previous to tho last adjustment;
this arangement to remain in effect
for a period of 10 months from t£«
date of its adoption."