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' WILLI AM STON, N. a
Winter should take car* last It
B wesr ItaeU out prematurely.
The happiest people are thoes who
bevent time to hate anybody. #
Home have to smile a Uttla when
they pass a blanketed automobile en
WeUeslsy college girls are said to
have earned M as bootblacks, but
nhst boots ttr
Last year the United Btatee made
9111.000,000 worth of soap, which
ought to put us tight up next to godll
! Mexico having bought 600 pianos
from a Chicago firm, we may look for
a long period of unrest acroaa the
border.
The tip Is an Inault," says the Chi
cago Record-Herald. Insulting the
waiter then is what keepe traveling
men poor.
A man asks a divorce after getting
his own breakfaat for twenty years—
though thta may not solve the break-
Inst question.
Brooks' comet Is said to have two
talis, but people who stay up late
I--..... enough to see It generstly sre able to
see two comets.
"A man Is middle-aged at 90," says
Lord Strathcona. According to hla
version of It, moat men never cut
grow their Infancy.
Once upon a time there was a deer
hunter who died a natural death, but
that was In the olden days wbsn men
used the bow and arrow.
If a show Is Immoral an arrest may
be made without a warrant by a po
liceman. If a ahow Is dull ths pun
Ishment Is left to the publlo.
As for aclentlflc management on the
(arm, please note the case of the Colo
rado hena which laid more eggs when
elsd In neat little coats and caps.
Although the back-to-the-farm move
meat baa not made great headway In
this country, It may soon be given a
good booat by the Manchus In China
A Chlcagoan has gone crazy count
ing money, but a good many people
would be willing to contract that form
•f Insanity If the money were only
their own.
Burglars who blew open a safe In.
an Indiana postofflce got only nine
sents. It must be that the Indiana
authors are sending their manuscripts
by freight
A German scientist comes to bat
with the claim that the soul Is not
Immortal. We repeat his remark
merely to start an argument We
hate peace.
A portable wireless telephone baa
been Invented in England. In the fu
ture a man will have no excuse for
falling to telephone when he keepa
dinner waiting.
A man In New York was sentenced
to an hour In Jail for shooting the
sweetheart who refused to marry him.
Why the girl waa not punished for
being shot waa not explained In the
Judicial process.
A Connecticut man lost his horse,
and after exhaustive searching found
ths missing animal In an orchard ly
ing beside a pile of cider apples In a
drunken sleep The snake storlea of
the season sound monotonous after
thla.
A Chicago man has been sentenced
to walk the floor with jls bsby tor
two hours every night. He may con
sider himself lucky be is not the
-father of triplets.
Parlalan fashion experts tell us thst
within a few years men witl wear
knee breeches and powdered wigs
Evidently they do not know the dlf
ference between men and persona
The latest flsh story u woven about
an ocean liner which is said to have
caught a string of flsh through Its feed
pipe. Those nature fakers always
aansge to find a new way to spring it
A Chicago clergyman tella us that
the average man can tsll all he knowa
In seven minutes, but we are willing
to lay odds that It takea him more
than seven mlnutea to preach a ser
mon.
The players In the post-season
games each got more than the aver
age college professor gets tor profess
ing a whols year. So long, however,
as the professors sre content nc
harm ta done.
*
An English aallor, recently arrived
ts New York, tells s startling tale of
his capture at the hands of a band ol
bsbbeons He proudly says they treat
si htm like s long lost brother. Some
people can be proud of almost any.
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Pert*ps It Is true that ths expres
sion. ~Mlnd your p's sad q's." origl
nslly referred to pints and quarts In
ths ancient ale house score, but ths
J& * advice has been given tnnumsrabte
times »r '-nmroslpg rooms to young
SMMt •» »o sst type
BANKING REFORM
he Latest General News That Ha*
—si' — URGED BK KM
Washington, D. C.—C. W. Parker, ot .
lertford county, on. of North Caw BECRETARY QF UNITED STATES
Inaa champion corn " TREASURY SUBMITS ANNUAL
»een In Washington with the corn
*>ys for several days. He had the REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Ilattnctlou recently of making I*l
luahela of shelled corn on one acre ALDRICH PLAN FAVORED
f land. (
Onarta —Track la now laid on (he
ClkE A Alleghany Railroad to Nor Scientific Tariff Legislation and Spa
nan's Store, the point at the foot o: ciflc Instead of Ad Valorem
he Blue Ridge to which grading hat Duties Favored.
rhe LatMt General News That Has
Beep Collected and Condenssd
By the Editor.
Washington, D. C.—C. W. Parker, ot
■lertford county, one of North Caro-
Ina's champion corn growers has
>een In Washington with the corn
>oys for several days. He had the
llstlnctlon recently of making I*l
mshels of shelled corn on one acre
if land.
Bparta.—Track la now laid on the'
Slkln A Alleghany Railroad to Nor
nan's Store, the point at the foot o
he Blue Ridge to which grading hat
>een completed. There Is some level
HI yet to be done. Regular train
lervice will be eatabllshed as soon
IS possible, probably sometime ID
fanuary.
Salisbury.—A Joint committee ol
'•preventative members of the boardt
>f county commissioners of Rowan
tnd Davie counties met at South
liver, on the Hoe between the twc
sountles and selected a site for a largr
'ree steel and concrete bridge, whick
a to be created Joining the two coun
les by bands of steel.
Wilmington—Tho Atlantic Coast
..Ine good roads train* which left
Ulchmond, Va., November 24 for a trl®
jver the entire railroad system, vis
ted Wilmington and left for Jackson
rlllc and other points up the Newbern
-oad. An Illustrated lecture was
fiven In the Grand theater here by
Vlr. L. ErUoykln, a government good
■oads ekpert.
Washington.—Messrs. Davis & Da
fla, Washington pn ent attorneys, re
jort the grant to citizens of North Car
>llna of the following patents: J. R.
Boyd. Ashevllle, couch-rocker; J. E.
Bradford, Durham, spiral screw stake;
W. 8. Hales, Plnevllle, hoe; P. L
Johnson, Crossm'ore, convertible street
3ar; B. P. Rucker, Charlotte, feedet
roltage regulator.
Raleigh.—The news that the Sea
board Air Line officials wish to tak*
jff the shoofly service between Ral
sigh and Hamlet is bringing protesti
igatnst any such action from peoplt
living along the line of the road from
Kalelgh to Hamlet and the Corpora-
Jon Commission will be asked to re
]ulre the Seaboard Air Line to con
tinue tho service.
Stanly.-—At a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the temporary
Stanly county Fair Association held
In Albemarle recently It was decided
to launch a movement for a perma
nent organization, whose business it
will be to conduct an annual county
rair. Practically every township In
the county was represented in ths
meeting. *
■ Spencer.—Vhlef Engineer Garrett of
the Southern Railway Company, with
headquarters at Washington and J. C.
Landis, an electrical engineer of New
York, are now In Spencer Installing
two mammoth centrifugal pumps at
the Yadkin rlvor power plant. Ths
pumps have a capacity of about 20,000
tallons an hour and will be used to
bring water from the river to ths
Southern's big plant In Spencer.
Ashevllle.—The board of education
of Buncombe county met and decided
that another high school shall be es
tablished at Mount Carmel school
house, near Craggy station. This meet
ing followed one held by the people of
tte Mount Carmel district at which
they decided that they would do their
part in the building of an addition to
the present houae, which will make it
idequate for high school purposes.
Mooresvllle. —The road forces south
}f Mooresvllle are doing some excel
lent work on the highway towards the
Mecklenburg county line. A top soil
has been placed on a portion of the
new grade and parties who have
passed over it pronounce the roadbed
equal If not superior to any macadam.
On the Mooresvllle-Landls road be
tween Concordia church and Saw, ths
Rowan road forces are cutting down
the hills and reducing the grades.
Greensboro.—The American Ware
house Company of Spray, Rockingham
county, was placed In the hands of a
receiver. Judge Allen of the superior
court on complaint of unsecured cred
itors, in creditors' bill filed In Rock
ingham superior court. W. L. Clement,
of Greensboro, was appointed tempo
rary receiver under five thousand dol
lar bond. Bond was given, and Clem
ent left to take charge of the prop
erties.
Raleigh.—Changes were made In
fourth class postmasters in North
Carolina as follows: At Klmesvllle,
Guilford county, Wm, H. Hanner suc
ceeds W. G. Causey, resigned, and at
Saginaw, Avery county, Jamea A. Al
drldge succeeds W. H. Gregg, resign
ed.
Chapel HIU. —The decision was ren
dered by the rote of 2 to 1, the repre
sentative! of the Philanthropic and
Dialectic Societies of the University
of North Carolina won the decision
over the representatives of the Phllo
mathean Society of the University of
Pennsylvania.
New Bern.—The North Carolina
Fisheries Convention, which met
here for a two days' session, came to
i close with the organisation per
fected. The eighty-five delegates who
were in attendance from all over
Eastern North Carolina, at once left
for their homes.
New Bern.—Much progress Is being
made by the committee which bas
charge of the work of raising funds
for the organisation of the Craven
County Fair Association. Dp to the
present time more tban 914,000 of the
required amount of 160,000 has been
mbscrtbxL ,
i . * .li /.
Washington.—Appeals for the Im
mediate reform of the country's
banking and currency system and sci
entific tariff legislation, based upon
entirely new reasons —the practical
experiences of the customa service—
stand out prominently In the annual
report of Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh, submitted to congress.
This statement of the nation's
finances bristles with urgent sugges
tions for corrective financial laws,
enacted In the light of the "lamp of
experience."
The secretary of the treasury fore
sees, according to the estimate of ex
perts, u surplus in the treasury at the
i?nd of the fiscal year 1913 of about
129,000,000, exclusive of expenditures
on the Panama fcanal. Including the
estimated canal disbursements, how
ever, the treasury will face a deficit
of approximately $8,000,000. The total
estimates of expenditures for next
year, exclusive of the Panama ca
nal any postal service payable from
postal revenue, are $637,820,803. The
estimates of receipts available for the
general fund are $667,000,000. The
estimates for the construction of the
Panama canal during the next year
are $47,263,760, making a grand to
tal of estimated expenditure of $685,-
184, .*63.
The tentative plan of the national
monetary commission, outlined by Its
chairman, former Senator Aldrlch, lie
says, Hatlsfles In Its essentials the
larger part of the expert opinion of
the nation and is supported by the
business men. The secretary pledges
the administration to do Its part In
keeping this financial issue l wholly
non-partisan, believing that the re
sult should be tho product of both
parties.
In the contemplated reorganization
of the financial structure, Mr. Mac-
Veagh emphasizes the absolute need
of prohibiting all linnks, national and
state, from holding stock In other
banks, as a safeguard against any
posßlblo formation of n tnuch feared
money "trust" In the future. He
urges equality of national and stato
banks In doing trust company and
savings bank business.
RUSSIAN TREATYCAUSESSTIR
President Tsft Asks Senate to Abro-
gate Russian Treaty.
Washington.—President Taft turn
ed over to tho senate the task of
completing tho abrogation of tho
treaty of 1832 with Russia, because of
alleged discriminations against Amer
ican citizens ot Jewish faith.
Ignoring the house of representa
tives. tho president sent o message to
the senate announcing that he had
caused notice to be forwarded to St.
Petersburg that the United States de
sired the treaty to end January 1,
1913. This notification was officially
handed to the representatives of the
Russian government.
In his message to the senate, Pres
ident Taft transmitted a copy of the
letter which American Ambassador
Guild at St. Petersburg had trans
mitted to tho Russian foreign office.
In It was pressed tho view of the
United States that tho old treaty no
longer met the political principles or
commercial needs of tho two nations
and should be terminated. Tho Amer
ican government, with marked cour
tesy, interested further that It would
be mo*t agreeable to this country 1/
a new treaty, along modern lines,
could bo negotiated to. replace the
ancient and outlived document
Dc«plle this overture to ths Rus
sian government, state department of
flolalß practically admitted that there
was little hope for negotiating s new
treaty that would avoid the very
things that were leading to the de
nunciation of the old one.
Morse Doomed to Die.
Washington.—Charles W. Morse Is
doomed, according to a report of the
medical officers of the army hospital
at Fort McPherson, Ga. They say
that his present condition is grave;
that his aliment (srterlo-sclerosis) is
progressive and Incurable, although
It is not possible to predict when the
end will come. The army surgeon's
report on the condition of Ranker
Morse was sent to the department of
Justice, where Attorney General Wick
ersham will act upon the report.
"Elijah II" Goes to Pen.
Portland, Maine.—Rev. Frank W.
Sandford. leader of the Holy Ghost
and U« society, left for Atlanta, Ga,
to enter upon a ten-year term In the
Federal penitentiary. Sandford calls
htmaelf Elijah 11. The specific charge
upon which the Bhlloh leader was sen
tenced was causing the death at sea
of George Hughey, a member of his
flock, by falling to furnish provisions
during tUe recent 17-months cruise of
the Holy Ghost yaobt Coronet There
•ra six more counts against bin.
- DISCOVEBEDI v
Copyn*ht. MU
ARIZONA GOES DEMOCRATIC
NEW STATE RESENTS PRESIDENT
TAPT'S DICTATION ABOUT
THEIR NEW CONSTITUTION.
riRST ELECTION IN STATE
Democrats Get Two Senators, One
Congresaman, Governor and
? Everything Else.
Phoenix, Ariz. —The Democrata of
Arizona will place two members in
the United Statea senate and one
member in the house ofrepresenta
tlves, a governor In the atate capl
tol at Phoenix and, unleaa present
Indications are materially changed,
will make a clean sweep of the state
ticket as a result of the first state
election.
The legislature from preaent indica
tions will be more than three-fourths
Democratic, insuring the election of
Henry A. Aahurat of Prescott and
Mark A. Smith of Tucson to the Unit
ed States senate. Carl Hayden of
Phoenix was elected governor.
Democratic State Chairman J. B.
Hirdno Issued a statement claiming
the election of the Democratic candi
dates by majorities ranging from 1,-
500 to 2,000. He also claimed every
county in the state exoept two would
return Democratic majorities.
"The people of Arlrona simply re
fused to endorse Taft's dictation aa
to what kind of a constitution Ari
zona should have," Mr. Blrdno said,
"and while they voted to eliminate
the recall from the constitution, as
they were obliged to do In order to
gain statehood, they showed that the
recall would be placed back In the
constitution as soon as possible."
Secretary Hayes df the Republican
state committee conceded victory to
the Democrats.
PREACHER USED DYNAMITE
Dismissed Chaplain from U. 8. Army
Caused Many Explosions.
Junction City, Kan.—Rev. Charles
Mv Brewer, formerly a chaplain in the
United States army, now a pastor of
a Baptist church in Olustee, Okla.,
haa been accused In a confession by
Private Michael Quirk of implication
in a mysterious series of exploaions
which have baffled mlltary author
ities at Fort Filey for six months.
Mrs. Anna Jordan of Kansas City,
alßo implicated In Quirk's confession,
was arrested in Kansas City following
a telegram to the police.
Quirk, in his confession, said he
blew up the bridge acroaa the Kay
river, June 24 last, and the cavalry
stable June 30, when twenty-flve cav
alry horses were burned to death. Hs
said a 1 so that he blew up the water
main which supplies the post with
water.
Quirk declared be committed these
crimes at the instigation of Brewer,
who sought revenge because be bad
been courtmartlaled and dismissed
from the service for conduct unbecom
ln ga gentleman.
St. Patrick's Day Ruling.
Rome, Italy —A decreer by the pop®.
Issued In July, eliminated St Pat
rick's day from the list of Irish oblig
atory holy days, on which Catholics
are called upon to hear mass and ab
stain from unnecessary work. On the
request of the Irish Catholic hierar
chy. however, the holy see has Ju#t
issued another decree. According to
thla the feast of St Patrick will con
tinue to be a holy day In Ireland,
without however, being preceded by
a day of faatlng or abstinence.
To Tax Professional Msn.
Montgomery.—All professional men
of Montgomery have been cited by
Tax Commissioner John Hardaway
to appear before him at an early date
to ahow cause why they should not re
spond at once to the mandates of the
recently enacted revenue measure,
which requires a tax of $5 per man
on each professional maa in the
state. r In Montgomery county, it is
estimated, there are about 180 such
lawyers, doctors and dentists and oth
er professional SMB. MtnUters are
•xemntad.
MAINE RELICS TO SURVIVORS
Cltiea and Patriotic Societies May Oat
Souvenir* of Wrecked Battle
ship if Bill Paaaea.
Washington.—Portions of the wreck
of the battleship Maine, now being
cleared ol mud and debris In Havana
harbor, are to be donated to cities,
patriotic societies and the survivors
or heirs of the Maine under a plan
preaented to the house in the urgent
deficiency bill.
The entire bill carriea $2,170,000. It
authorizes an additional appropriation
of 1250,000 for raising the Maine,
making a total of 1900,000 for that
purpose. *
The bill would authorize the secre
tary of war to "give some portion ot
the wreck" to the republic of Cuba
for incorporation in a public monu
ment to be erected In Havana. It
would also authorize the aecretanea
of war and navy to donate pieces
of hte battleship to any municipality
of the United States, or to any mill*
tary or naval association, or society,
in the United States, or to the for
mer officers and crew of the Maine,
or their heirs or representatives.^
President Taft and hla cabinet
were shown just how the battleship
Maine was blown up in Havana har
bor. Rear Admiral Vreeland and
Chief Constructor Watt of the navy,
both members of the Maine investi
gating board, slaged the ahow.
A model of the Maine was placed
on the big mahogany table In the
cabinet room, and Mr. Taft and his
advisors watched closely while the
two naval officers explained.
First the Maine waa shown riding
at anchor in Havana harbor. Sudden
ly Admiral Vreeland pulled a atrlng
or two and the model battleship was
a ruin in exact reproduction of the
Maine as she lay on the bottom after
the explosion.
JURY ACQUITS I. W. KNIGHT
Cotton Broker Declared Not Guilty
of Frsudulent Use of Mails.
Huntsvllle, Ala.—The Jury trying
John W. Knight, charged with fraud
ulent use of the mails in connection
with forged cotton bills of lading re
ported a verdict of "not guilty." The
Jury was out seven hours and forty
minutes. The Federal court has ad
journed and four other cases against
Knight, making practically the same
charges aa the one of which he has
Just been acquitted, were continued
to the April term.
Knight was a member of the de
funct cotton firm of Knight, Yancey
4 Co. of Decatur, Ala. It waa charg
ed he iasued forged bills of lading
for ootton and thus defrauded buyers
In this coutnry and abroad out of
millions of dollars. 1* waa after thla
failure that Eastern financial Inter
ests cooperating with Southern cot
ton handlers took stepa to insure the
ootton trade against forged billa of
lading.
Knight admitted on the witness
stand he drew bills of lading without
having the cotton, but stated taiffic
officials of railroads gave him per
mission to do this and furnish the cot
ton later.
Shooting Glrta Acquitted.
New York. —Lillian Graham and
Ethel Conrad were freed late of crim
inal charges on which they had been
held since last June for shooting the
millionaire sportsman and hotel pro
prietor, W. E. D. Stokes. The Jury
reached Its verdict in fifty-eight min
utes. Stokes was shot when be call
ed at the apartment of the show girls
on the night of June T. He said be
had gone there at the Invitation of
Mlas Conrad with the expectation of
getting letters he bad written to
Miss Graham.
Two Dead In Shotgun Duel.
Tampa, Fla. —Standing 35 feet
apart, Ulrtck Langford and Henry
Driggers poured squirrel shot into
each other at Labell City. Driggers
expired and Langford died later. Both
men had been drinking and following
a quarrel decided to shoot ft out Both
secured shot guns, stepped off the
distance, and at the .word commenced
firing. Driggers was completely die
emboweled, firing the second shot
which caused LangCord's death while
RUSSIAN TREATY
STIRS UN6THI
BULZER RESOLUTION TO ABRO
GATE TREATY OF 1832 CON
SIDERED INSULTING.
SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS
Result May Be That Russia May
Ssver All Friendly Relations
With United States.
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♦ Hundred Thousand Jews ♦
♦ Rsady to Fight Russia. ♦
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♦ Boston, Mass.—That one bw- *
♦ dred thousand Jews stand ready ♦
♦ to enlist and fight against Rua- ♦
♦ ale should Insistence upon the ♦
♦ rights of American citizens ♦
♦ bring about war, waa the decla- ♦
+ ration of Rabbi M. M. Elchles ♦
tit i mass meeting at Fanuel ♦
♦ hall. ♦
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Washington.—The Russian treaty
situation cleared materially, and the
administration plans for the abroga
tion of the 1832 pact with the St I**
tersburg government became more
definitely known. President Taft, 11
la Mid, has Indicated emphatically
that he would veto the Sulier reso
lution Instantly If It should be forced
through the senate without modi flea
tion. Nothing that can be construed
as an offense to Russia will be per
mitted, If the president can help It
A protest by Russia against th
abrogation of the treaty of 1832 with
that country in the form proposed tiy
the Suiter resolution overwhelming
ly adopted In the bouse of represeu
tatlves waa followed by the declar*
tion of senate leaders that In modi
fled terms a resolution declaring th«
treaty at an end would be put tbrougb
the senate.
It became known that at a whIU
house conference Ambassador liafch
metoff had expressed both to Presi
dent Taft and to Secretary of
Knox the view of St. Petersburg that
the language of the Sulzer resolntlor
waa objectionable. The conferenc*
waa followed by a second betweer
President Taft and Secretary Knox
Thla conference in turn waa follow
ed by one between Mr. Knox and thi
Russian ambassador.
SOUTHERN SOCIETY MEETING
Speakers at Banquet Predict Brigtv
Future for the South.
New York. —More than eight bun
dred members and guests of the New
York Southern society listened to tht
speeches delivered at their annua
banquet by Champ Clark, speaker on
the house of representatives; ftscai
W. Underwood, chairman of the wayi
and means committee of the house
and Judaon W. Clementa, chairroai
of the interstate commerce coaamis
alon.
Judge Clementa urged publicity at
an effective meana for regulating via
latlons of the interstate commerct
law.
Mr. Underwood spoke on the tarif
and mite rated many of his well
known arguments condemning tht
Republican theory of tariff making.
Speaker Clark confined bis remark!
to the future of the South and pre
dieted that It would some day be th
most thickly settled portion of tht
United States.
Seated at the guest table were th«
presidents of most of the Southeri
States' societies of New York City
Gov. William Hodges Mann of Vlr
gin la and many prominent New York
era not affiliated with the society.
Wont ®ell the Main*.
Washington.—Efforts to autfcorixi
the sale of th« hall of the battleahlf
Maine to private parties who desire
to sxhibit at various ports of th
United States, and charge an admie
sion fee to visitor*, were, defeated it
the house of representatives. The nr
gent deficiency bill, carrying an ap
proprlatlon of $250,0#0 to complete
the work of raising the Maine, aftei
a hard fight, passed the house with
out change.
Knox Talks of Cotton Tart.
Washington.—Representative W. G
Brantley of Georgia haa received frorr
Secretary Knox a highly important
letter dealing with the protection of
the American cotton export trad
against the high "tare'* charged at
COB pared with Asiatic and Afrlcaa
cdtton. The secretary aaya that th«
way to remedy the discrimination it
to so improve and standardise cotton
coverings that the product will reach
foreign landa in better condition tha*
It now does.
Madere Escapes Murderous Plot.
Mexico City/—A conspiracy to as
sassinate President Madero and pro
claim a provisional presidency pen*
ing the coming of General Reyes ts
the capital to assume the office ot
President, has been frustrated at the
last moment, in the opinion of the
authorities, by the arrests of Gen.
Hlflnla Aguilar and Mellton Hurtadc
of the federal army, and a score ol
coconspirators. Madero was to havt
been shot from a balcony of the R*
forma hotel, as he rode from Chapai
tepee.
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