VOL. XII. NO. 34
FORTIFYING THE
PANAMA CANAL
The Government Making
it Impregnable in the
Time of War—Work
Being Completed as the
Digging Goes on--Cost
of Fortifications Has
Been Reduced
Tbe canal commission is now ar
ranging to carry out the work of
making the Panama canal impreg
nable against the attack of any
hostile nation. It will provide the
emplacements for the armameut
and the fortifications and quarters
for* the small army which will guard
the big waterway from cranks in
time of peace and from invaders in
time of war Whatever may have
been the opinion of meu as to
whether the canal should be fortifi
ed or neutralized, there,is now no
difference of opinion that since
Congress has elected to fortify it
the work must be done so thorough
ly that there never will be a possi
bility of its being wrested from us
The troops to be stationed on the
isthmus will consist of twelve com
panies of coast artillery, four regi
ments of infantry, oue battalion of
field artillery, and one squadron of
cavalry. In time of war this force
would be augmented by such addi
tional troops as the exigencies of
the time might demand. Such
general provisions fo' the location
of these reinforcements will be
made as will assure them of good J
camp sites when they arrive
It is the intention to fortify the
two ends of the canal with extreme
care, At each end there will be
placed four fourteen-inch rifles,
giant barkers which will begin the.
formalities of a warm reception by
the time a hostile fleet is ten miles
away; six six-ineh-guns, and twelve
twelve inch mortars. The topo
graphy of the Limon and Panama
ba>s lends itself admirably to the
purposes of defense. In Limon
bay, on the Atlantic side, the dis
tance between Toro Poitit and Jhe
opposite side of the bay is incon
siderable, and this will be narrowed
down by the big breakwaters which
are being thrown across the bay to
protect the mouth of the canal from
the violent northers which sweep
down upon Colon harbor and tbe
entrance to the big ditch.
On the Pacific side the same con
ditions prevail. A breakwater is
being constructed from the main
land to Naos island, a distance of
about five miles. Beyond Naos
island is Perico and beyond that is
Flamenco. On the latter island the
big coast defense guns will be sit
uated, and bridges will connect
Flamenco and Perico with Naos,
and thence with the mainland over
the breakwater.
In addition to these defenses of
the entrance to the canal there will
be a complete system of mines to
be planted in case of war. Tbe
original plan was to spend $19,000,-
000 lor the defer ses, but in the in.
terest of economy, the number of
guns, the size of the permanent
garrisons, and other matters were
reduced so that the total cost will
be something above $12,000,000.
It is fortunate from '.he stand
point of economy that Congress de
cided to carry forward the work of
fortification at the same time that
the canal is being constructed. As
the work on the canal nears .com
pletion one steam-shovel after an
other finds up room to operate in,
and other parts of the equipment
must go out of commission with the
steam shovel. Tbe same is true of
the force. By utilizing the men
and machinery no longer needed
for canal work, under the efficient
labor system of the present canal
regime a great saving is assured in
the cost of the fortification.
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THE ENTERPRISE
Graduates from Naval Acad- 1
emy
North Carolina, the Old North
State, is signally honored this year
by having the largest number of
native sous of the State graduated
from the Naval Academy. She 1
comes forward with seven grad
uates and is the only State having
more than five men in the first class
without at least one dropping out.
One is a Charlotte boy.
Although none of these five is iu
the first fifty, all have done well
and some have distinguished them
selves in athletics as well as in their
academic studies. They all left
upon the completion ot the weeks' ;
ceremonies, most of them for their '
homes before entering upon their 1
careers at sea The graduates, and
their relative standing, are as fol
lows. George B. Ashe, of Raleigh,
cumber 62; Donald C. Godwin, of
Williamston, 175; Jay L. Kerley,
of Morganton, 181; Stanley Mitch
ell, of Ashville and Washington
College, 194; Eugene Oates, of j
Charlotte, 131; George F. Parrott,
Jr. , of Falling Creek and Kinston,
125; Wallace B. Phillips, of Greens
boro, 107. While Ashe leads in
class standiug, Oates has won per
haps the greatest amount of generel
distiction at tha Acadernv He is
a star baseball player and is the
most popular story teller in the
entire class.
j Mrs. J. G. Staton Entertains
Monday afternoon from 3 to 6
o'clock, Mrs J. G. Staton enter
-1 tained a party of friends at cards
at her residence on Haughton and
j Main Streets. There were two
j tables arranged for four each and
I tbe sanies proved very interesting
] from the beginning. Ham and f
j pepper sandwiches, pickles, crack-1
lers, iced tei and cream and cake!
|wer-i served during the hours.
The guests were: Miss Mary |
Bethea, Miss Carr.ie Alexander,
Miss Essie Peel, Mrs. F. W. Hoyt,
Mrs. F U. Barnes. Mrs. J. H.
Saunders, Mrs. T. J. Smith.
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The fortification of the canal will
cost about seven million dollars less
, than was originally estimated,
When the fortification bo.isd went
, over' the grounds it decided to
, make recommendatious such as
would give the istbmus fortifica
tion of tbe highest type, arid pro
vide for army posts which would
be the last word in military archi
tecture. But tbe nearly twenty
million dollars that this would have
. cost seemed too large an amount to
President Taft, and he asked the
board to scale things dowu as
sharply as safety would allow. So
they cut out a gun or two at either
end of the canal at a saving of
more than a million dollars. They
saved another million by omitting
the reclamation of land at Naos,
Perico and Flamenco inland*, the
, total saving on the entire cost of
the fortifications proper amounting
to a little over two and a half mil
r
lion (dollars. The bulk of the re
mainder of the seven million dollar
reduction came about largely
through reduction in post costs.
The work of constructing the
{fortifications will begin at once,
and it probably will be completed
by the time the canal is ready for
operation. Iu addition to the de
fenses at the ends of the canal there
will be a mobile artillery ready to
move upon an instant's notice to
any threatened point on the zone.
There will be a highway and a
, railroad across the isthmus ready
: at all time:; to furnish tbe defenders
with means of rapid communication
and a small body of men will be
quartered at all times at each 6f the
vital points of the big waterway.
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C..-FRIDAY, JUNE 9. iqii
Cardinal Gibbons and The
Church
The ovation which was given
Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore on
Tuesday, the 6th ins:, in honor of
the fiftieth anniversary of his or
dination to the priesthood, and the
twenty-fifth year of his cardinalite
brings to mind very vividly the
great importance of the Catholic
Church in America.
The Church, which has an au
thentic unbroken line since the
Apostolic Uays, claims America; it
was a Church Queen who aided a
loyal Catholic in the voyage across
the seas to explore unknown re
gions, the result of which was the
discovery of the American contin
ent, and one of the very earliest
things which Columbus with his
company of explorers did was to
have the celebration of the Mass on'
the Western Hemisphere The
oldest Church in America is Catho
lic at Saint Augustine, Fla., so it
cau be seen that the Catholic
| Church rightly claims America as
it own.
Not only was the Church the
most important factor in the lives
of the early Spanish settlers
in this country, but today it repre
sents more souls than any other
religion iu the United States, and
frequently it brings withiu its
Apostolic folds persons who have
not seen the light heretofore.
A Cardinal of the Church is the
highest dignity, save one, to which
a priest may aspire. There have
been two only in America. The
piesent Cardinal, who has his resi
dence in Baltimore, is a national
figuie, one admired bv Catholic
and Protestant, Christian and Jew
alike, as said President Taft in his
eulogy on the 6th iu'st. North
j-Garoiina people should be particu
larly interested in the American J
|Cardinal, lor besides being the
j most prominent Churchman in
(America, he has lived aui£ worked
| within our state, as m IS6B he
began his l.rbors in the. holy office
of Y;car Apostolic o; North Caro
lina. Cardinal Gibbons rapidly
rose in the priesthood because of
his wonderful mental qualities, and
today, as a Prince of the Church,
his sayings are published in all the
journals of the country. OKpar
ticular interest to him i-. the grow
ing divorce tvil, and his ideas
about this alarmingly increasing
sin are s'.uoied seriously by the
clergy and laitv alike of the Pro
tcstant denominations as wpll as
by those of the Church itself.
Cardinal Gibbons is as equally in
terested in the questions pertaining
to the po'itical life of the Republic,
and on all public questions he
speaks with a freedom which makes
h.m a student of those civic matters
A' M
which interest his people.
The Cardinal knows and is proud
of the place of the Church in his
tory, and he always acts with that
dignity to which the Prince of the
Church is entitled. Although of a
dignified bearing, he is most demo
cratic in his private life, and one
visiting him i-1 his residence finds
a most cordial welcome. His sim
plicity makes him great. When
his praises were spoken of in Balti
more, the "Cardinal most modestly
said: "Gentlemen, you have pro
trayed your subject, not, I fear as
he is, but as he should be."
/The celebration in Baltimore was
not only that of the Church, but it
was attended by the heads of the
nation, and distinguished men in
the country. The President, Vice
President, The Chief Justice ot the
United States, the Speaker of the
Hous.e, Col. Roosevelt and many
senators It was a tribute coming
not from the Church alone, but
from the State as well, which ac
knowledges Cardinal Gibbons as a
power in the life of the nation as
well as a prince of the greatest or
ganization the world has ever
known. Each citizen of North
Carolina should join with Speaker
Clark in saying: "I wish you peace,
prosperity and length of days "
H. A. B.
EVERETTS ITEttS
i' J. S Ayers went to Oik City
Sunday. ~ >
G. W. Taylor went to Hamitton
Wednesday.
J. T. Barnhill went to Williams (
ton Monday.
Ed James of Robersonull, was j
here Monday. '
H. A. Brown, of Norfolk, -w..s
here Tuesday.
Paul Salsbury was here from j
Hamilton Friday.
L. H. Bailey went .to Wii'iams
ton Sunday night.
G. I). Barnhill, ot Robersorville, j
w?.s here Monday.
J. H. Purvis, of near Hamilton, j
was here Saturday.
J. J. Stroud was here from S:ot- i
land Neck Monday.
W. G. Williams, of Greenville.!
was here Wednesday.
J. L. Meeks and son went toj
Williamston Monday.
E S. Fleming, of Greenville,
was in town Tuesday.
Mis-, L6na Thomas, of Williams
ton was here Wednesday. „
Clayton Keel and Oscar Danifel,
of Robersonville, were here S.iu iay.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Will James, of
Williamston, are in town this wvek
Dr. W. E. Warren was rere
Tues 'ay quarantining cases ol
whooping cough.
George D Burroughs, who has
beep. a: the A. .& M College, sat
home lor a while.
Miss Essie Woodard returned
home from Battleboro, where -he
has been attending school.
Mrs. G. F Burroughs, who has
been visiting relatives near here,
returned to her home" in Scotland
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NeclCOn Monday.
Whooping Cough Quarantined
Dr. William E \Varren, Health
Officer for Martin County, acting
under instructions from' the.State
Hoard of Health, pi iced all rises
or whpoping cough in Williamston
m quarantine on Suurday list.
The prevalence of the disease has
been noticeable tor several month-,
and children have suffered .greatly
from it The quarantine only ap
plies to the patient, others in the
house being permitted to go an J
come. Placards were placed at a
conspicious place on the front of
the houses where a case was found.
Notice
Subscribers of the Williamston
Telephone Company will please
make the following additions and
changes to their Telephone I)i:tc
tones'.
New subscribers: Ayers, A. B
io7• i > Bradley, Rev. Ruftis, 44;
Coaltrain, C C. 1 ; Crawford, j
J. C. Sheriff, office 6S; Dennis j
Simmons. Lbr. Co. Logging Camp,
114-4; Griffin, Geo W. 106-Vvi;
Gurganus, J. D. 42; Leggett, J. H. |
101-'/J 1; Manning, A J.
Manning, N. R. 114 3; Market, 52;]
Peel, Plenny, io6-i}» Peel Epii
raim, 106-2, Peoples N. C Steam-j
■ boat Line, 19-2; Roanoke Bottling
Works, 88; Roberson Charlie T.
114-4; Rogers, Walter 131; Smith
& Hadley, 52; Teel, Mrs. W. J. >
i°3's! Taylor, McS, 38; Whitaker, j
W. J. 89; Williams, Dr. John W. j
Wynn & Whitehurst, 100- j
i Vz; Hassell, C. B. 69.
Changes: Daniel & Staton, 104-3 |
/•\ Daniel, Wm, lid.
Gurganus, J. Henry, 109 2,' i; Har-:
dison, Simon E. 104-4; Hopkins,
JrW. 104-3; Hardison J. B. 104-r
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Tamesville Central
Askew, C. A. 14; Davenport. J.
L. 18; Evans, J. E. 17; Edwards,
D. S. 20; Hotel, 19.
Change S. R. Biggs Drug Co., to
The Jamesville Drug Co., 3.
W. C. Manning, Mgr.
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Parmelc Industrial Institute
Holds Annual Commencement
1 Annual commencement exercises
of the Parmele Industrial Institute
I were held at Parmele last Thursday
j and were attended by a large inter
ested audjence
Representative John, H. Small, of
I thH district, and William B. Mc*"
| Kinley,. of Illinois, were expected'
! to be present and deliver addresses
1 on this occwon, hut owing to un
\ avoidable circumstances, they were
j unable to till their engagement.
The entire program was well
! arranged and rendered. It showed
j that Prof. Chance, President of the
| Institute, is fully able and compe
j tent to fit! the ditties and responsi
bilities of ris po-ition/" In his for
-1 mal announcement he made men
tion of many important improve
\ ments and flattering achievements
I the school had attained and pre
dicted that there is a great future
; ahe id of it He gave abi ief review
jot the school and its commendable
[work, calling attention to its great
j effort to improve aud enlighten the
; colored race. Furnishing data of
| tbe school's past work he convinc
ed his heaiers that a great good
| bus been dot e by it, but, that
| under it s proposed future manage
iment, it has in its power to wield
I a greater influence for good over
the race lor whese uplift it was
established. It is \ wonderful and
I a commendable work that this
''school ha-- undertaken to perform
■ an'! tbe efforts of its management
[ deserve the aid of all classes. Noth-1
' I mg will be a greater factor in solv
;. iug thj race problem than enlight
ening arid properly educating the
i I colored people. This is. the work
, i that Piesident Chance and his co-
II workers have undertaken. They
!;um to unke their people' a self-
I rpspse-iitig race. They want tqim
1' prove the morals of their people
land make t hem welcome citizens of
1 the state They inculcate 111 the
r 1 minds of their students 'he idea of
' j
.j thrift.an I industry that thev mx\
i build homes and become "f value
1 to the communities in which thev
j live- Their undertaking is a most
j j worthy one,
•But, to get hack to the exercises, j
' The music, both vo.-al and instru- j
I ni'-ntal, di-played tab nt. and train-1
. ing and the essays and recitations
weie well chosen and delivered.)
IWe were unable to get the names |
of those taking part m the exer- J
Jci-e-, -o we can say only that all of |
j them did remarkably well and re-j
j fleeted credit upon the institute
Prof ! II Wright, of tbis'citv,
delivered an appropriate and fo.rce
| ful address and in his highly att- |
!gu men live way ehowed the
1 colored race could most quickly
acquire the higher standards to j
[ which it aspires. He placed par-'
Jticulat emphasis upon the impor
tance of individual effort arid re-1
sponsjbility on the pait of tlie j
colored people in securing fori
| themselves that high idea! of edu- '
I cation to which they aim. He I
I showed them that power and
j strength came only through the I
j dignity of labor, and that to be- j
come good and respected citizens!
they must learn the lesson of obe
! dieuce; that to become proficient!
\in their chosen vocations it> as;
1 much a part of their education as!
! the study of the sciences or ian- i
guages—that industrial education
lis a most important factor in their j
I history and will determine, to a |
! great extent, their future as a race. I
! He admonished them to be virtu
i ous and, cleanly, to be chaste and
| pure, and to become thoroughly
! proficient in their vocations and
professions. His remarks were of
: a n»o,t practical order and were
most timely and appropriate in that
the subjects discussed by him were
those iu which the face to which
1 be was speaking was most con
cerned —Pitt County News, Green
ville, N C. ,
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ROBERSONVILLE
NEWS ITEMS
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Local Happenings and
People who are Coming
and Going, Here, There
and Yonder as Gathered
by our Regular Corres
pondent.
C. JaciK-sand family spirit Sun
day in Everetts.
I)r. W'arre'i. of Willinrnston was
here Wednesday.
Miss Bettie Rober-on is visiting
in Pine Tops this week.
Mis., W A. Rossis re
latives in Stoke.-; this wek
Joseph 1,. John«on, of South
Carolina, ,va> here Mou'a .
Miss Lena James returned heme
from Scotland Neck Monday.
Mrs W. K. Roberson spent sev
eral days in Stokes last week.
Mr and Mrs. J. R. Congleton
spent Sunday in Washington.
Mrs. R. H. Hargrove, of Kins
ton, is visiting her-.' this week.
Lester Roberson returned home
from the A, & M. CollegeTnesday.
MesdamtsJ. W. Hight aud Ed
James spent Wednesday in VVi 11 iam
stou.
Miis Marguerette Everett is visit
ing Miss Bessie Conglo'iui near
Oak Grove this week.
M.i-s Bettie Mizell, of Williams-'
I ton, spent Monday here- with her
| brother. J. A. Mizell.
Mr.-.. T. J. Roberson and little
son vidting her uionher, Mrs.
I A. C. Smith, near here.
I
Misses Emma and Ma ret* Robert
sin left Tuesday for Greenville to
attend the summer school.
M'S . Ed James and children
spent Nev.-ral davs in the country
with Mrs Everett.
Elder G D Ruber-on, who Ins
bee: i»\ M irvNnd m i Pennsylvania
I for several weeks, returns I home
I Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Juue6?h, the home
of S. E. Barnhill was s aliened by
11lie detth of his' mother, Mrs.
Annie Bimhill. She had been
I suffer.Uj' for several wars from
'paralysis. I* >llr chi dren and a
| Post of friends are left to mourn her
•os
A serious accident happened to
iJ. L Everett and Mis-. Carrie
! Which ard Saturday afternoon,
| while they were nut dr:\nig. The
mule which Mr. Ever>-tt w driv-
I ing got frightened and 1 111 away
| throwing both out. Mi** Whic
hard received a wound on lur f.ice,
and Mr. Hver.-tt Iro, be-n
| to his room ever sitKe
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The Atlantic Coast Line has is
| sued beautifull. illustrated folders
of standard form in two colors, ad
vertising the* low roundtrip latesto
Rechester on account of Imperial
j Council of the Mystic ghrine, July
jii, 12 and 13 aud "of the Grand
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J , July 10 and 15th
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formation to those contemplating
; the trip, as they contain the rates,
I stop-over privileges, many pretty
half tones and brief write-ups of
! the many attractions of those two
' beautiful cities. The round trip-
I rates, which are open to the public,
i from Williatnston via.Richmond is
| £23 80 to Rochester and $16.75 to
j Atlantic City aud the tickets are on
j sale for each point on July 7, S and
y. While the return limit is com
paratively short an extension of
about a month can be obtained by
depositing ticket with agents and
upon the yayment of $1 00.
Every Sbriner and Elk should
write to Mr. White, the General
Passenger Agent at Wilmington
for copies of the folders and they
will find much therein to interest
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