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VOL. VI.
SILER CITY, N. C., MARCH 10, 1915.
NO. 44.
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WILL MAKE CLEAR
HEED FOR MARINE
McADOO EXPECTS PAN-AMERI-.CAN
FINANCIAL CONFERENCE
TO DO THIS.
MAY 10 DATE OF MEETING
Banker, of Central and South Amerl
ca Will Meet Financier and Offi
cial at Washington.
Washington. President Wilson has
selected Monday, May 10. as the date
for the Pan-American financial con
ference here', at which the Ministers
of Finance and leading bankers of
Central and South American countries
will meet financiers and treasury offi
cials of the United States to discuss
the establishment of more satisfactory,
financial and commercial relations be
tween the Nations of the Western
Hemisphere.
In a statement announcing the date
Secretary McAdoo said all the" foreign
Governments had responded fovorably
when approached informally regarding
the conference and that formal invi
tations would be sent them imme:
diately. Congress authorized the
conference and appropriated $50,000
for expenses.
"The Secretary of the Treasury."
said Mr. McAdoo. is given authority
to invite, in his discretion, represen
tative American 'bankers to partlci
pate in the conference. This discre
tion will be exercised so as to secure
the attendance of as large a number
as practicable of our representative
nnanclers in order that a thorough
and comprehensive discussion may be
had of existing financial conditions
throughout the Western Hemisphere
and of the measures that should be
adopted to strengthen financial and
trade relations between the United
States and our Central and South
American neighbors. A suitable pro-i
gram will be carefully studied and
announced in due time. 1
MEDICAL, BOARD ORGANIZED.
WILSON
STUDYING
DBA8TIC MEASURES MAY BE
NECESSARY TO. PROTECT
IN DANGEROUS STRAITS
MEXICO CITY.
REFUSES THE AID OF AlIlES
But Virtually Tells the Starving Peo
ple to Help Themselves to Any
thing in Sight.
Washington. President Wilson
faced one of the most serious and
perplexing developments that has
arisen in the -Mexican situation. Mex
ico City is on the verge of starvation.
General Obregon. the Carranza com
mander, refuses to permit an interna
tional relief committee, composed of
wealthy members of the foreign col
ony to succor the needy. "Mexico
needs no foreign aid," the general is
reported to have said.
All merchants who closed their
store have been ordered to reopen.
Three hundred of tbem, Mexicans,
hare been imprisoned. The population-
is- in' terror - since Obregon has
announced he will not prevent loot
ing or pillaging for food or money.
The Brazlllian, British, Spanish
and Italian ambassadors give the
state department pessimistic reports
of the situation, which correspond to
reports already received.
Secretary Bryan announced that
he had telegraphed American Consul
Stillman to lay the situation earnest
ly before General Carranza, so that
General Obregon might be directed
to-accept aid proffered by foreign resi
dents. Freight service is suspended
between Mexico City and Vera Cruz
MUCH LEGISLATION
BY 63D CONGRESS
TOTAL, APPROPRIATIONS OF SES
SION AMOUNTED TO APPROX
IMATELY $1,120,484,324.
IMPORTANT MEASURES FAIL
Including Ship Bill and Rural Credits
Bill. Two Appropriations Fail
Passage.
UNO
SEGRAGA1I0N
BILL VOTED DOWN
AMENDED. ANTI-JUG BILL HAS
EASY SAILING THROUGH SEN
ATE. MANY BILLS PASS.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Senate Bills Become Law.
Bills passed included: Omnibus jus
tice of the peace bill; amend the law
as to mortgages and torts; amend the
library commission act; amend the-'re-visal
as to the oyster industry; .au
thorize the governor and commission
er of Agriculture to regulate com
merce so as to prevent spread of foot-
and-mouth disease among cattle;
amend the law as to regulating se
curity selling companies; protect and
regulate agricultural fairs; authorize
depositions in recorder's courts for de
fendants; amend the form of marri
age licenses so as to show divorce
when obtained and grounds, in mar
riage of divorced persons.
IS
CHILD
SS,
NOTHING FOR WARSHIPS
RESOLUTION PASSED BY HOUSE
TO PREVENT ANY AID TO
WARSHIPS.
Suspected Ship Would Not Be Granted
Clearance Papers. Departments
Want More Authority.
Washington. A resolution drafted
by the Department of Justice for the
State Department was passed in the
House, designed to prevent vessels
from leaving American ports with coal
and supplies for belligerent warships
at sea.
PROTEST MADE TO ALLIES
IF IT IS INTENTION TO INTER
RUPT COMMERCE WITHOUT
DECLARING BLOCKADE.
United States Will Ask Great Britain
How They Intend to Carry Out
Their Policy.
The resolution would authorize the
and transportation facilities for relief president to direct customs collectors
purposes are being withheld by Gen. to withhold clearance fmm nv vessel
of American -registry or license which
Rockefeller Foundation- Undertakes
Improvement of China.
New York The Rockefeller Foun
dation announced that it had decided
to undertake a comprehensive plan
for the Improvement of medical and
hospital conditions in China.
For this purpose the foundation has
established "the Cchina Medical Board
of the Rockefeller Foundation," and
plans first to develop medical educa
tion in China. This will include aid
for the two or moTa medical schools
in China; the strengthening f -the
staffs of the mission and other his
pitals; assistance in the establishment
of two modern tuberculosis hospitals,
and the establishment of six scholar
ships to enable Chinese graduates In
medloine to prosecute further studies
abroad, and. ofr five scholarships to
enable Chinese nurses to obtain train
ing In this country.
Mad Georgian Kills Six.
Brunswick, Ga. Armed with an
automatic shotgun, Monroe Vhillips, a
real estate and timber dealer ran
amuck in the business district here,
killed six citizens, wounded 32 and
was himself shot dead. Of the wound
ed Gunner Tolnas, a Tank collector,
probably will die. The dead are:
Harry F. Dunwoody, prominent at
torney. William M. Hackett, undertaker.
R. M. Deaver, policeman.
George W. Asbell. motorman.
Earnest McDonald.
Monroe Phillips, real estate and tim
ber dear.
Bernhardt' Condition Good.
Bordeaux, via Paris. A bulletin by
Dr. Denuce, attending Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt, whose right leg was ampu
tated recently, says Mme. Bern
hard t's condition continues, satisfac
torily. &
Portugese Minister Resigns.
Paris. A Havas dispatch from Lis
bon says the Portuguese minister of
finance has resigned and that the min
ister of foreign affairs has taken over
his department.
eal Obregon on the ground of mili
tary necessity.
President Wilson was advised of
all the facts. He was said to be
studying the situation closely. Should
General Obregon continue to refuse
outside air, drastic measures may bo
necesslry. Talk of an allied expedi
tion similar to the one that went to
the relief of foreign legations at Pe
king during the Boxer uprising was
heard again in official quarters.
PRESIDENT POSTPONES TRIP.
Vice President Marshall to Be Repres
entative at Exposition.
Washington. Vice President Mar
shall will go to San Francisco to rep
resent President Wilson at the for
mal dedication of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition March 20. The President
still hopes to visit the exposition later.
The Vice President left for Cleve
land, and later will go to Indianapolis
before leaving for the coast. Assist
ant Secretary Phillips of the State De
partment, chairman of the Govern
ment .Exposition Board, also left for
San Francisco to take part in the ex
ercises in honor of representatives of
foreign Governments.
President Wilson reluctantly gave
up his plans for going to the coast
this month, but decfded he was need
ed in Washington to direct the nego
tiations for the protection of Ameri
can interests during the war. He
may go later.
The Vice President conferred with
Secretary Bryan and Mr. Phillips, who
discussed the trip with the President.
The invitation to the Vice President
to represent the President at the ex
position followed and he accepted.
he has reason to 'believe has any in
tention to carry such supplies.
The resolution was pressed by
Democratic Leader Underwood and
Republican Leader Mann. It was put
through after Mr. Underwood had pre
sented a letter from Robert Lansing,
Counsellor of the State Department,
saying that the Government had been
hindered by "lack of sufficient legisla
tion to prevent vessels from leaving
American ports with coal and supplies
for warships. "The Department of
State heartily supports the proposed
resolutions," the letter continued,
"and desire to emphasize the great
urgency and need of its immediate
passage that the Government may not
be bound internationally and yet have
Its hands-tied so as to be unable to act
in the discharge of its international
duties."
The resolution, to take effect im
mediately and to continue while the
war lasts, is designed to "prevent vio
lation of the United States neutrality
by the use of its territory, its ports or
Its territorial waters as a base of op
erations for the armed forces of a
belligerent, contrary to the obligations
imposed by the law of Nations."
By unanimous vote the Senate late,
at night adopted with amendments a
substitute for the joint resolution
passed earlier in the House enlarging
the power of the President to prevent
infringement of American neutarlity
by vessels leaving ports of the United
States with men or supplies for bellig
erent warships.
IMPORTANT NEWS BRIEFS
Home A Federal Prisoner.
Machias .Maine. Werner Horn,
the German reservist, who attempted
to blow up an international bridge at
Vanceboro early last month and as
serted that he did so as. "an act of
war" against Great Britain, has be
come a Federal prisoner. He will bs
taken to Bangor tomorrow for arraign
ment on Indictments charging illegal
transportation of explosives. Horn
finished a sentence of 30 days in jail
here on account of property damage
caused in Vanceboro by the explosion.
781,080 Prisoners In Germany.
Berlin. By wireless to Sayville.
Items given out the Overseas News
agency Included: "Members of the
Prussian Diet who have been yisrting
prison camps have received informa
tion that at present there are' 7S1.000
war prisoners interned in Gerinany
an Increase since the end of 1914';. of
more than 200,000. The newspapers
continue to devote their attention to
the bombardment of the Dardanelles.
The latest reports from Constantino
ple say no damage has been done and
that siwxtlng is from a longer range."
Walker, Outlaw, Is Taken.
Wilmington Jesse P. Walker, aged
35. who was outlawed soon after his
escape from jail at Southpcrt where
he was awaiting trial charged with -the
murder of Sheriff Jackson Stanland
f Brunswick., six years ago, and for
whose capture dead or alive there
was a reward of $850, was taken, in
custody here by six police and coun
ty officers working under direction of
Justice George Horrlss, to wttom the
presence in the city of Walker:was
first reported. Walker was overpow
ered before he could offerresistance. J
Col. George W. Goethals has been
nominated to be a major general in
recognition of his services in build
ing the Panama canal.
Alfred. Hampton, youngest son of
Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Caro
lina, was appointed assistant commis
sioner general of immigration by Sec
retary Wilson to succeed F. H. Lames
who will be transferred for duty at
Ellis Island.
Representative Joseph T. Johnston
of Spartanburg has been selected by
President Wilson for the new Federal
Judgeship in South Carolina, created
by congress shortly before adjourn
ment. The Standard Oil Company steamer
Platuria, bound for Malmo, Sweden,
has been detained at Kirkwall, Scot
land, pending investigation.
The German National Bank of
Pittsburg did not open its doors for
business. A notice on the door said
It had been closed by order of the
comptroller of "the currency.
T. R. Manning, formerly vice-president
of the North Carolina Press As
sociation and up to four years ago
owner of the Henderson Gold Leaf,
died at Henderson, N. C. He was' 58.
years old and had been confined to
Ms bed for three years. - .
"Unless neutral nations are prepar
ed to assist in throwing-tspe Germans
out of Belgium, no suggestions from
them in the matter of-preventing fur;
ther devastation of that country are
wanted," said Foreign Secretary.
Grey in the house of commons.
Chicago cattle shippers and railroad
representatives asked state authorities
to permit shipment of cattle eastward
through Pennsylvania in sealed ears.
They said the order promulgated re
cently against shipments from Chi
cago because of foot and mouth dis
ease was depriving New York of its
meat supply. The request was denied.
CZARS TROOPS ADVANCING
Furious Attacks. .Fail to Break Lines
of Russians.
London. In their determination to
leave Przemysl and drive the Rus
sians out of Gallcia, the Austrc-Ger-man
armies which for some weeks
have been on the Galician side of the
Carpathian mountains, have made re
peated attempts the last few days to
break through the Russian entrench
ments but without success.
Since in massed formation they
threw themselves against Russian
troops holding strong positions, the
Austro-Germans have attacked again
and again in spite of heavy losses.
According to the Russian official
account, the Austrians delivered fu
rious, but unsuccessful attacks be
tween the San and Ordawa Rivers,
while the Germans made fruitless at
tempts around Kozlouwka and Ro
janka. At Rojanka they lost two com
panies, which were surrounded and
annihilated.
Washington. While President Wil
son indicated that the United States
would inquire of Great Britain and
France as to how they propose to
carry out their announced determina
tion to prohibit commercial inter
course by sea with Germany, such
action, it was stated later, probably
would be deferred until replies were
received from Great Britain and Ger
many to the American proposals look
ing to a cessation ot the German sub
marine warfare on merchant ships
and unrestricted passage of foodstuffs
to civilian populations of the belliger
ent nations.
Germany's reply, as described In
press dispatches, created a favorable
impression here but until the text 1$
received no official comment will be
made.
Great Britain's reply will depend to
some extent on the attitude of her
Allies. There have been official intl- iPromment
mations however, that she would flat
ly reject the proposal for the shipment
of foodstuffs and conditional contra
band to Germany.
The Anglo-French note outlining
the Allies' intention to stop all com
merce between Germany .and neutral
countries occupied the attention of of
ficial Washington. President Wilson
told inquirers he could not define the
attitude of the American government
because he had not thoroughly di
gested the contents of the communi
cation. He pointed out that the notes
merely had denied a policy to be pur
sued without stating the means of its
enforcement. To make this clear for
the United States, the president add
ed, might necessitate further corre
spondence with. Great Britain and
France.
The president: made clear his belief
that while the conditions of war might
have changed, no nation had a right to
change the rules of war. From this
it was inferred that the American gov
ernment would insist on a position fre
quently expressed by its officials, that
whatever might be violations of the
customs of war as between belliger
ents, this could not affect the status
of international law as between the
United States and countries with
which she is at peace.
182 MINERS ENTOMBED.
Investigate Dum Dum Manufacture.
Washington. Investigation" of the
alleged manufacture of dunvrum bul-
-lets in the United State for use by
Allies has been undertaken - by the
Stat Department as the 'result of the
submission of new evidence by the
German Embassy. -.Secretary Bryan
announced that such 'an inquiry had
been ordered. When tha- Embassy
sent a protest with exhibits to ; the
department some weeks ago Mr. Bry
an said that if this fact could be estab
lished the President would try to. stop
It
President May Abandon Paha'ma Trip.
Washington. President Wilson
proctically decided to abandon his
contemplated trip to the Panama Ca
nal in July, because of the action of
Congress in eliminating from the leg
islative and executive bill the appro
priation for the celebration of the for
mal opening of the Canal.
Surplus For Postoffice.
Washington. The Treasury Depart
ment received a check from Postmas
ter General Burleson for $3,500,000,
representing the surplus in the rev
enues of his department for the fiscal
year which ended June 50, 1914. For
the fiscal year of 1913 the postal rev
enue surplus was $3,800,000, which
also was turned over to the treasury.
In acknowledging the receipt of the
check. Secretary McAdoo said these
payments were the first representing
actual surp'uses made'iy the Post
office Department since 1836.
Foreign Trade for January.
Washington. An analysis of Amer
ica's foregin trade for January issued
by the department of commerce.
showed the amount of the tremendous
increases In exports to many Euro
pean nations and the decreases of
shipments to the principal countries
of Latin-America compared with Jan
uary, 1914. No American products
reached Austria during the month,
but shipments to Germany showed in
creases. The total trade balance in
favor of the United States for the
month was $145,506,996.
Explosion in Layland Coal Mine Was
Terriffic Six Rescued.
Hinton, W. Va. After nearly 12
hours work, had brought out alive
only six of the 182 miners entombed
by an explositon in the Layland.
mines of the New River & Pocahon
tas Consolidated Coal Company near
Quinnimont. One body was recovered
near the entrance of Mine No. 3.
The force of the . explosion was
terrific. The stone arch over the
main entrance of the workings was
destroyed; windows within a 300-yard
radius were broken, and the shock
was felt for miles around.
A. B. Cooper, who was delivering
groceries to a house within 75 yards
of the mine entrance, was blown
against a telegraph pole and killed.
Guard lines have been established
about the workings Ind only workers
are permitted within them. Company
officials refuse to give out any infor-
Most of the entombed miners are
of foreign birth, but many are Ameri
cans. Hugh R. McMillerr, assistant mine
boss, is among the missing.
Two Judges For South Carolina.
Washington. i-A bill dividing South
Carolina into Eastern and Western
Judicial districts and providing for
the appointment of an additional dis
trict judge passed the senate. It now
goes to the president. The bill re
quires the president to make public
the names of sponsors for any appli
cant for appointment. The . present dis
trict judge resident in eastern South
Carolina will be judge in that district
but will retain .control of any cases in
the Western district that have already
appeared before him.
Washington. After two years of
almost continuous session the Sixty
nird Congress, which revised the
tarj,ff apd the currency system of the
Nation, supplemented the trust, laws,
created an Income tax and demonstrat
ed the first popular election of United
States Senators, has adjourned.
When gavels fell in the House and
Senate signalizing the adjournment
they marked the close of half of Pres
ident Wilson's Administration, the
first under domination of the Demo
cratic party since 1885.
The total appropriations of the ses
sion were approximately $1,120,484,324
several millions under the record of
previous congresses.
Two Bills Failed.
Two appropriation bills failed. Cur
rent appropriations for the postal ser
vice and the Indian office were ex
tended for another year.
After refusing to accept the Indian
bill the senate reversed Itself and
passed It, but the house refused to
agree to minor amendments added at
the last moment.
Bills Signed.
In the closing hours. President Wil
son signed the seamen's bill, the neu
trality resolution empowering him to
prevent ships leaving American ports
with supplies for belligerent warships,
promoted Colonel Goethals to be a
major general for his services as build
er of the Panama canal, and gave pro
motions to other officers associated
with the work.
The administration ship bill, the
Philippine bill, the conservation bills,
the rural credits provision of the agri
cultural bill and ratification of the
treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua
all hard pressed administration
measures, fell by the wayside.
In the senate several members, long
national figures among
them Senators Root and Burton, step
ped back into private life as the cur
tain fell. In the house Democratic
Leader Underwood said good-bye, to
sit in the next senate, and three score
or more other members retired.
Last Hour in House.
In the house, the last hour was de
voted to tributes to Speaker Clark,
Representative Underwood and Re
publican Leader Mann. Representa
tive Palmer announced presentation
of a portrait of Mr. Underwood to be
hung in the hall of the ways and
means committee. In doing so Mr.
Palmer said:
"There is no doubt Mr. Underwood
soon will be the leader in the senate.
He is one of the greatest Americans
of his time."
Clark Honored.
At the request of Republican Lead
er Mann, Speaker Clark turned the
chair over to Progressive Leader Mur
dock. The republican leader then
eulogized the "able and loved speak- I
er," and the house passed with a cheer
a resolution thanking Speaker Clark on
behalf of the entire membership for
his services during the congress.
The speaker then resumed his place
i and began a speech of thanks.
"The multiplicity of honors and
kindnesses that this house has heap
ed on me goes straight to my heart,"
he said, but got no further for his
voice broke and his eyes filled with
tears.
President Makes Statement.
After his return to the White House
President Wilson dictated the follow
ing statement:
"A great congress has closed its ses
sions. Its work will prove the purpose
and quality of its statemanship more
and more, the longer it is tested.
"Business has now a time of calm
and thoughtful adjustment before it,
disturbed only by the European war.
The circumstances created by the war
pux ine nation to a special test, a
test of it strue character and of its
self-control.
"The constant thought of every pa
triotic man should now be for the
country, its peace, its order, its just
and tempered judgment in the face of
perplexing difficulties. Its dignity and
its strength alike will appear not only
in the revival of its business, despite
abnormal conditions, but also In its
power to think, to purpose, and to act
with patience, with disinterested fair
ness, and without excitement, in a spir
it -of friendliness and enlightenment
which will firmly establish its In
fluence throughout the world.
For many minutes before adjourn
ment there was a lull in the senate.
Senator Simmons paid a tribute to
Senator Perkins of California, whose
term ended at noon. Senator Perkins
sat for a moment in contemplation of
the tribute. Then he slowly half rose
from his seat, feebly waved his hand
toward the North Carolina senator and
his colleagues in a gesture of farewell,
and took his seat again too overcome
with emotion to speak.
Senator Gallinger offered a resolu
tion of thanks to Vice-President Mar
shall for his services as presiding of
ficer of the senate.
Farewell Addresses.
In the senate, some of the senators
who are retiring from public life, made
farewell addresses.
President Wilson meantime worked
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the State
Caoitoi.
Raleigh,
The senate listened for half an hour
m arguments by Senator Majette and
others on the Majette bill for a consti
tutional amendment to allow a system
of rural land segregation between the
races, as endorsed by the State Far
mers' "Union, and then voted 17 to 15
against the bill on second reading,
killing the bill for the session.
The vote was first postponed arid
then Mr. Majette urged reconsidera
tion of this with the fatal result for
his bill.
The senate passed without opposi
tion the bill agreed upon by the joint
conference committee as a substitute
for the anti-jug bill that the senate
had amended to require a referendum
and the measure went to the house,
where its passage is assured. This
means that prohibition legislation is
terminating in a bill that will limit
deliveries of "spirituous liqours" to
one quart within 15 days to one per
son and not over five gallons of malt
liquors with not over 5 per cent alco
hol within a 15-day period when the
bill had been passed without amend
ment. Senator White, who had offered
much the same bill early. in the con
test over the original bill in the sen
ate, took occasion to especially thank
Senator Gilliam and Senator Nash for
their support of the substitute bill in
the conference committee and on the
floor of the senate. Both had oppos
ed the original bill and worked for the
referendum amendment that finally
worked its defeat ' through the senate
amendment.
Pass Bachelor Tax Bill.
In spite of the terribly congested
calendar and great flood of work, the
house took time for a bit of horse
play in passing a facetious bill cred
ited to Benton of Columbus imposing
a tax of $2 on bachelors for support
of the home for fallen women, with
an amendment by Mickle of Forsyth
providing a fine of to 2 on alL mar
ried men who stay out after 10 o'clock
at night, this to benefit the fund for
woman suffrage. It passed applicable
to Columbus county only.
ram
SICK
Change Name of State School.
A bill passed to change the name
of state School for Feebleminded to
"Caswell Training School," as did
bills to prevent trial of prisoners in
prison uniforms and shaven heads;
perfect details for electing United
States senators by the people; pro
vide rural police in Columbus county.
Carter-Abernethy Investigation.
The joint resolution from the House
enlarging the powers from the special
committee of the House to investigate
the Carter-Abernethy contempt case
and charges of immorality against
Judge Carter was laid before the Sen
ate ahd passed without a dissenting
vote. This is the resolution that pro
vides for the expenses of the inves
tigation through providing stenogra
phers counsel, witness fees and mile
age and any and all other expenses
that may be incurred in the investi
gation. The resolution was ordered
enrolled for ratification.
look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give "California
Syrup of Figs."
Children love this "fruit laxative,"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of "California
Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food -passes out of the sys
tem, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give "California
Syrup of Figs" because It is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and It nev
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs," which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
House and Senate Very Busy.
There was favorable report from
committee for the Darden bill to al
low commissioners of counties to pay
$10 reward for information to convict
blind tigers and blockaders.
Doctor Carr pleaded for a bill for
inspection of hospitals, convents, re
formatories and the like, and it was
passed with an amendment fixing it
on his county of Duplin only on
motion of Representative Vann; Rep
resentative Hutchison's bill to amend
the law as to bilte-of-lading as evi
dence; require telephone companies
to render statements.
The House concurred in the Sen
ate substitute for the bill amending
the pharmacy law and the amend
ment to the bill to give peanut pick
ers a lien on peanuts picked.
The Senate passed the bill to in
crease the fees of solicitors on a
scale of running to $25 instead of $20,
it being estimated that the bill will
give an increase of about 30 per cent
in the revenue of these officers. There
were numbers of amendments offered
and voted down, notably one by Mc
Leod to strike out his senatorial . dls
trict and, failing in this, to exempt
Robeson county. An amendment by
Senator Muse requiring reports -of ex
penses of solicitors, was adopted and
this immediately concurred in by the
House.
The Senate passed with only one
dissenting vote the Gilliam bill to
amend the Constitution so as to re
strict local and special legislation. It
is a duplicate of that amendment lost
at the last election and will now be
submitted, if the House concurs.
The Senate passed the bill to re
quire railroad employes in shops to
be paid off semi-monthly.
Senator Gardner got up his bill to
amend the law as to hours of labor
in mills and remedying defects in the
present law, fixing 60 hours and re
quiring better machinery as to child
labor regulations as approved by the
Committee on Manufacturers and this
passed is second reading after an ex
planation by Senator Gardner.
True Humility.
The late Thomas Flint, professor of
divinity in Edinburgh university, was
the son of a Dumfriesshire shepherd.
When he moved to Edinburgh, hiB
father went with him and remained
the head of the house. In this ; clr
cumstance, says the Springfield Re
publican, Professor Flint's biographer
finds "something touching and beau
tiful:" "One of the greatest scholars
of his day, a man of world-wide repu
tation, the leading theologian of Scot
land, sits humbly at the family table
and kneels reverently at prayer while
his aged father, a simple peasant, con
ducts the devotions of the household."
Seek Federal Cooperation.
The House passed a resolution On
motion of Senator Gardner looking to
the acceptance of the co-operation
terms of the Federal Government in
the farm demonstration work under
the Smith-Weaver bill for which the
Senate has just passed the bill appro
priating $11,000 to be expended by
the State in this woTk.
Mt. Mitchell Appropriation Passed.
The House passed the bill from
the Senate to appropriate $20,000 for
the purchase of the top of Mount
Mitchell and preserve this original
forest and, most valuable watershed
as public park for the people of the
State. It is the Weaver bill that ha
already passed the Senate.
No Appropriation For Home.
The House Committee on Appro
priations reported unfavorably the
McRae bill for $25,000 to establish a
home for fallen women, a measure
that had already passed the Senate.
The joint committee on appropriations
reported favorably by one vote major
ity a bill to increase the pensions of
the several classes of Confederate
pensioners.
Regulate Importation of Cattle.
The Senate took up the bill of Sen
ator Miller to authorize the Governor
and Commissioner of Agriculture to
stop or regulate the importation of
feedstuffs and cattle into the state at
their discretion and passed it with
little discussion, the purpose being to
be in position to take prompt and ef
fective steps to prevent or stay in
vasion of the foot-and-mouth disease
which has recently appeared in Virginia,
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH THE KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for
Backache or Bladder Trouble
Neutralize Acids.
Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like lumps of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache,' sick
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatlo
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful In a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This fa
mous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with llthia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids In urine,
so it no longer is a source of irrita
tion, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while It ia only trouble.
Adv.
Senate Considers Machinery Bill.
The senate spent some time con
sidering the machinery bill and voted
down a substitute embodying the
1913 machinery act offered by Sena
tor Muse because he opposed the tax
assessment feature of the new bill
with its county assessor feature with,
as he charged, tax assessments as to
sheriff settlements, and listing town
property in May, and all were ac
cepted and the bill passed in final
reading to go back to the house for
concurrence.
Anarchists Form Desperate Plot.
New York. The discovery of an
anarchistic plot aiming at the assassi
nation of Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller and
his son, and other wealthy men, and i steadily in his room consulting mem
the inauguration of a reign of terror
and looting in New York City, was
announced by the police after they
had arrested a knan as he placed two
bombs in St. Patrick's Cathedral,
where several hundred persons were
worshiping. The sensational devel
opment was the culmination of
months of work", by detectives.
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bers of his cabinet and senator
briefly about each bill, and signed
many measures in quick succession.
Among the most important were the
neutrality resolution, a resolution
giving medals to the "A. B. C." med
iators for their work at the Niagara
conference and the regular appropria
tion measures.
Education Bill in House.
The house took up the omnibus edu
cation bill prepared by the committee
to generally amendthe public school
laws and more particularly empower
ing the board of education of any
county to raise the age limit for com
pulsory school attendance to 14 years.
The provisions of the bill were ex
plained by Chairman Mintz of the
committee on education. There was
considerable discussion and then the
bill was referred to the committee on
appropriations.
Fish Commission Bill Passed.
The state-wide fish commission bill
completed its running of the gauntlet
being passed by the House by a vote
of 53 to 51 after an especially spidited
final argument ,then had its amend
ments concurred in by the Senate and
order made for its enrollment for rati
fication.
Woman Reformatory Bill Passes.
The McRae bill to establish a re
formatory for fallen women was pass
ed by the senate.
Bynum Divorce Bill . Killed.
The House reopened the matter ot
the passage of the Bynum bill for
allowing absolute divorce after five
years separation where some one of
the statutory cases is involved and
killed the bill by a vote of 50 to 42.
All for the Ladies.
Church I see Bombay will ' erect
road mirrors at dangerous street inter
sections to warn traffic of vehicles ap
proaching from around corners.
Gotham But how will they know
the mirrors are there?
"By seeing all the women around
'em."
Not by a Long Way.
"Let me see, now," said the minis
ter at the christening, dipping his pen
into the ink to record the event. "Isn't
this the 27th?"
"I should say not," retorted the in
dignant mother; "it is only the ninth!"
An Illustration.
"A shoemaker is a good instance of
the kind of man the classes wish to
meet in the masses."
"Why a shoemaker?"
"Because the sole purpose of his
labors is to support his uppers."
The calendars in both houses are
terribly congested and committees are
reporting great numbers of additional
bills at the opening hour of every
session in preparation for the fianl
deluge that can but characterize the
last hours of the session.
Workmen's Compensation Bill Killed.
"The Nettles workmen's compensa
tion bill was laid before the house
and Mr. Nettles spoke vigorously for
it, meeting in fearless manner a bom
bardment of questions from numbers
of the lawyers and others. At the con
clusion of his speech Representative
Senate Bills Pass Final Reading.
Amend the charter of Bostic; pro
vide bonds for Woodland school dis
trict, Northampton county; improve
roads of Wake county and employ
road engineers; establish boundaries
of Waco Graded School district, Cleve
land county; encourage reclamation of
swamp lands ; authorize New Hanover
county to issue bonds for free ferry
and build causeway across Eagle Is
land; authorize special hospital tax in
Henderson county; amend the Smith
fiejd township road law; amend the
charter of Lenoir.
Additional bills were:
Provide school bonds for Elizabeth
City; amend the school law of North
Wilkesboro; allow an election on road
bonds by Brevard; create a special
school district composed of portions
of Moore, Richmond and Montgomery
counties; improve roads in Bath town
ship, Beaufort county; create a special
school district in Guilford county;
STRENGTH.
Without Overloading The Stomach.
Douglass declared the bill too far- j amend the charter of Richfield, Stanly
reaching ot undertake to consider fa ) county ; provide for school bonds by
these last days of the session; and his
motion to table did the work-'? the
measure being killed by a larg&-Ap P-on parole system for prisoners ia
lorlty.
the town of Clayton; provide school
bonds by Tryon; provide for a proba
VGuilford coanty.
The business man, especially, needs
food in the morning that will not over
load the stomach, but give mental Tig
or for the day.
Much depends on the start a man
gets each day as to how he may ex
pect to accomplish the work on hand
He can't be alert with a heavy, tried-meat-and-potatoes
breakfast, requiring
a lot of vital energy In digesting it.
A Calif, business man found a -food
combination for producing energy. He
writes:
"For years I was unable to find a
breakfast food that had nutrition
enough to sustain a business man
without overloading his stomach, caus
ing indigestion- and kindred ailments.
"Being a very busy and also a very
nervous man, I had about decided to
give up breakfast altogether. But luck
ily I was induced to try Grape-Nuts.
"Since that morning I have been a
new man; can work without tiring,
my head is cjear and my nerves strong
and quiet.
"I find that Grape-Nuts, with a little
sugar and a small quantity of cold
milk, makes a delicious morning meal,
which invigorates me for the day's
business."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. 'There's a Reason."
Ever rend the nbovc letter t A mew
one nppenm from time to time. They
nre EOBiiinr, true, ana mil OI B1
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