North Carolina Newspapers

f$ - v At $S.M m Ycf , la Advance. " FOR GOD FOR, COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH..' Slag! Copy 5 Ccfitt, VOL. XVIII. PLYMOUTH; N, 0.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21), 1907. NO. 27. r T.J- jm vfi . - m JM I f4 LI M III I: ; ' it- ' STARRING FIGURES Value of Our Manufactures is Beyond Comprehension siwcoxeccce experts say Chief Carson Makes This Estimate in the Annual Report of His Bureau, Which Was Made Public Sunday. Washington, Special. Fifloen bil lions of dollars, reprosfnt Hie value of the annual production... of manufac tures in Hie United States. After care ful estimates were made by experts, Col John M. ('arson, chief of the bu reau of manufactures, was able to .make this statement -iu the animal re- . port of the operations of his bureau, made public Sunday. . The figures do jiot represent, finished products entire ly, but include products in various stages of progress. Last year the ag gregate value of domestic morehan dise exported was .$1,854,000,000, an increase op nearly $13(5,000,000 over .the preceding year, In this classifica tion "'manufactures ready for con- . -sumption" are credited with 430, 000,000 and these figures are general--ly accepted as. the extent of the ex ports of manufactures. The report of the bureau," whoever,, "groups thii classification with those of "food stuffs partly, or wholly manufactur ed," and "manufactures for- further use in manufacturing," the aggregate -exports of which last year were $006, 000,000 and this amount added to ''mauufacluvo.s' ready for consump tion" make- the aggregate value of manufactures exported in the -year ended JuuKW, $1, 080,000,000 or more than r)8..prr?C(nt. of the entire exports for that .vear. Special"" significance is attached to the increase of nerrly $20,000,0.00" in the exports " of . com jilvted manufactures, in' view of -the fact that the exports of cotton cJolhs declined more . than $21,000,000, this loss being entirely in the eotlori trade with China. The .populah feeling .avoused in 'that country growing oat of alleged outrages against Chinese residents in the United States is jis signed as a contributory cause "for this decline. Cotton Seed Products. - The cotton seed product exports for 1he year were upwards " of $40,500, 000, au.jncrcasr of $0,500,000 over .100(1. In" commenting on these. figures the report says; : .'Aside, from its intrinsic -value the relatively "new industry has an eco nomic value and importance to tho country, 'the beneficial results of which are especially f felt in the sev eral States, in which cotton in indig enerous, and in which the cotton seed industry is naturally located." The success attending investigation by ex perts sent abroad has led to the adop tion of the policy of speeulizing inves tigation of trade conditions . in for eign markets. One of the obstacles to the enlarge ment of exp.nl trade is the uncertain ty 'of transit between places of pro duction and the seaboard. Merchants in 'the (Orient especially cOrnplain that calculation cannot be made as to ; when goods ordered in the United State will be' delivered, and in conse quence orders "go to European houses r'that should come to those .of thia country. The bureau has been in cor respondence with managers of rail way and ocean steamship companies with a view to securing mora reliable and rapid transit for merchandise de stined to foreign countries. Demands made by business men for tho extension of the parcels-post to foreign countries is discussed. It is claimed that this "extension would open markets now closed to American business men for lack of transporta tion facilities, but which are open to their competitors who have advant ages of, the percels-post system. ITfiW Hasonic Temple. Skclbyviiio, Special. The new Ma sonic Temple. at- this place, is very near compMion. and will soon be ready for Ma-ouie pin poses. It stands on the west side of Court Square, and presents an inp-ising appearance. When entirely completed and furnish ed it will he one of the finest Ma 'sonic building in the State. Distiller Indicted. Danville. Special. The Federal grand jnry.which has bei investigat ing for the past ten days the frauds o:i I he 'government returned three in d'u t'.uents Friday 'afternopn against C. W. Richardson, a large distiller of ilenry county, charging him with removing and concealing spirits, il licit distilling, and for failing to make proper returns on the books at his distillery. B. L. Howard, I he storekeeper and guager, was also in dicted on several counts for collusion to defraud the government. PC P. CONFERENCE ENDS Reading of the Appointments Winds Up Profitable Session. Greensboro, Special. The annual conference of the Methodist Protest ant church closed here Monday. The session" was ons of interest and was harmonious throughout. Appointments were read as fol lows : Alamance W. C. Lassiter. Albemarle To be supplied. Anderson C. J. Edwards. "" Asheboro T. M. Johnson. ' - Ashcville J. S. Williams. Broad River J. E. Mcwain. Muncombe G. L. Curry. Burlington William Porter. " 7 Caldwell. Unsupplied. " " Chatham W. 1). Reid. Chesterfield Unsupplied. Cleveland II. S. B. Thompson. Concord B. A. Braswell. Davidson J. II. Ilulin." Denton G. L. Reynolds. Fairfield W. E. fotfen. " Foil-view T. F. McCullock. FJat Rock A. L. Hunter. Forsyth E. T. Lowdermilk. Oastonia T. A. Williams. Graham C. L. W.hi taker. . Granville T. W.-Holmes. Greensboro T. J. Ogburn. Greenville and Spring Church W. O. Fogleman. Guilford O. A. Highnll. -Halifax W. L, Harris. Haw River J. R. Hut ton. Henderson A. T. Dixon. ' High Point J. D. Williams. livey W. A. Lamar. La Grange J. F. Dozier. ', Lebanon J. II. Morton. Liberty J. W. Frank. - ' Lumberton j. A. Burgis. Littleton Unsupplied. Mebane R. M. Andrews.-' Mecklenburg T. .A. Phler. ! Moeksville T. II. Matthews. Monroe II. D. Garman. . v Mount Herman 0. P. Ruth. . . Oak Ridge W. R. Loudermilk. . Orange-Unsupplied. Pinnacle and Mount Zion W. F. Kennel t. Randleman J. II. Bowman. Randolph W. R. Ashburn. Richards J. II. Sfowe. Roanoke C. L. Whitaker. Rockingham II... W. Braswell. Rocky Mount R. .W Taylor. Saxapaw W. M. Pike! ... Stanley A. O. Lindlev.' St. Paul C. E. M. Raer. Tabernacle II. L. Powell. Mobarrie AV. J. Hackney. -Yane'e-M. E. Hartsell. V West Lexington Edward Suits. Whynott J,' A. LedbetLcv,- , - . Winston-Salem G. T. Mihoway. Winston-Salem Circuit Unsup plied. Taboro W. G. Bethea. Superannuated J. W. Heath. P. D. Moore, W. C. Hammer, W. C. Kenneth J. N. Garrett, C. A. Pick ens. G. E. Hunt. Without appointments, af their own request J. J. York, J. II. Tur ner. C. A. Cecil. G. II. Biggs. Loan to the seminary C. E. Forlines". Editor of Our Church Record J. F. McColloch. Tn hands of the president J. H. Abernethy, J. R. Newlin, J. T. Dunn, J. L. Giles. ' Educalional work S. Simpson. After the reading of the appoint ments the conference arjourned sine die. Or.c Effect of Scarce Cash. Raleigh, Special. Letters received from several persons who had ar ranged to come South for the winter say that, owing to the money string ency tliey will be forced to change their plans and stay at home tliio lime. Raleigh, like Charlotte, Wil mington, Henderson, Fayctleville and perhaps some other towns, has cer tainly stood stout against the storm, as none of these places have issued sci ip. Scrip comes in here, into th various banks, and is hand led just as checks and is sent for collection to the banks of issue. A lot of thi. scrip hi. vei cheaply priVcd, and hence there is danger of its being couuterfieited. A bank official here said he heard it stated that in States outside of North. Carolina a number of'foigories or counieifeits of scrip have been already detected. Fine Hotel Is ScM. Sonliieru Pines, Special. After considerable delay the fine hotel property, (lie Southern Pinen House, has been sold to settle the estate of W. E. Giles, .the former owner. W. J. McAdarns was the Inner, and ho gets" the property for considerable fess than $10,000. While lie lived, Mr. Giles wa a most energetic hotel man, and had made a good name for his house- and was handling a large natror.a'jc. The prospects look good for the new owner, who has a lot' of fiieuds in traveling circles. GENSUS BUREAU REPORT Figures Show 7,311,202 Bales Grinned to November 14th The Report by States. Washington, Special. The census bureau issued its report on cotton ginned for the growth of 1907 to No vember 14th showing a total of 7,311, 202 bales, counting round as half bales, compared with 8,502,242 bales for 190G and -lOLlSO for 1905. The number-of ro'uud bales included is 142.609 for 1907, and 200,866 for 1906, and 209,006 for 1905. Sea Is land included 42,708 for 1907,'' 30)671 for 1906 and 64,103 for 1905. " The number of .active ginneries were 26, 571 for 1907. .,s Following is the report by Slates, giving running bales counting rounds half bales and excluding linters, and number of active ginneries: Alabama 761,138 bales and 3,370 ginneries; Arkansas 368,770 bales and 2,042 . ginneries; Florida 35,565 bales, 'and 237 ginnenes ; Georgia, 1, 375,111 bales,' and 4,439 ginneries; Kentucky 766 bales, and 2 ginneries; Louisiana' 349,840 bales and 1,729 ginneries; Mississippi 792,127 bales and 3,398 ginneries; Missouri 15,102 bales and 70 ginneries; New Mexico 24 bales and 1 ginnery; North Caro lina 401,S52 bales and 2,603 ginneries; Oklahoma 491,274 bales and 924 gin neries; South Carolina 847,455 bales, and 3,119 ginneries; Tennessee 140, 921 bales and 029 ginneries; Texas 1,709,583 bales and 3,925 ginneries; and Virginia 3,(374 bales, and S3 gin neries. The distribution of the Sea Island cotton for 1907 by State is : Florida 14,492; Georgia 22,0S1; South Carolina 5535. There was. ginned 6,12S,562 bales to November 1st, 1907. The statis tics of this report for November 14th are subject to slight corrections : when checked against the individual re turns of the ginners being transmit ted by mail. Attempted Bribery. Norfolk, Ya., Special. A great sensation was created in the Ameri can Federation of Labor Wednesday af ternotin 'Try Presid.e.nt Gompers iu his speech replying to the attacks Up on him and other officers of the fed eration by the Manufacturers'-Association, when he told of an alleged at tempt to bribe him at the Victoria Hotel in New York, in October by a young newspaper man, giving hid name as Charles Brandenberg, the latter President Gompers said, hav ing declared that, he represented the National Manufacturers' Association and was prepared to "offer 'him immu nity from all exposure and make him financially secure the remained of his life, if he would sign a certain paper and otherwise aid in the "ex posure" of the other leaders in the American Federation of Labor, with tho idea virtually of destroying the influence of organized labor of the country. - The paper, President Gompers said, purported to have been signed when he (Gompers) was ill in 1S95. This paper, Mr. Gompers said, he had pre served and, while death-like, stillness prevailed in the convention, Presi dent Gompers drew forth the orig inal document and read it. Mr. Gompers, during his recital of the alleged attempt at bribery, call ed upon different delegates present who were with hira at the time of interviews with Bredenburg, to verify his statements. This the delegations did. rising in their seats. At the close of President Gompers' speech there was a great demonstration, even Vic tor L. Bqrgcr, of Milwaukee, the So cialist opponent of Mr. Gompers, ris ing and with uplifted arms declar ing that although he had at conven tion after convention; bitterly oppos ed the re-election of President Gomp ers, he would be who one this year to move to make his election unani mous, with a vote of confidence not. only to President Gompers but to all the officers of the American Federa tion of Labor. "There," declared M' Berger, "is the answer of the Socialistic to tho Manufactuerers' Association." Shoots-Wamoh and Suicides. Tampa, Fla., Special AKarl Chris tian, 24 years of age, shot and in stantly killed Mrs. Florence Williams then turned the revolver on himself, inflicting a fatal wound. JX. W. Wil liams,' the : husband, "arrived on the scene of the tragedy in a few min utes and had to be, forcibly-prevented from hilling himself. Mrs. William", was formerly Mrss -Florence'1 Simmons, of Suinmerville. S. C., and Christian has a mother living in Pnlatka, this. State,' ESTIFV1ATE0FC0TT0N Made By State Commissioners of Agriculture AT -THEIR COLUMBIA MEETING Committee Appointed to Caiivas3 the Returns From the Southern States Makes Its Report to the Columbia Convention of; State Commissioners of Agriculture. Columbia, . S. C, .Special. The third and final da'y's session of the South ern States commissioners of ag riculture and agricultaural workers was held, closing at 3 o'clock. Juot prior to the conclusion of the meet ing, after two ballots between Atlan ta, Asheville and Nashville, the lat ter place was chosen as the next place of meeting. ;' Commissioner T. II. Hudson of At lanta, Gav was unanimously elected president, with Commissioner Blake slee, of Jackson, Miss., as first vice president, and Hon. R. E. Rose, of Florida, as second vice president. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, of North Caro lina, was re-elected secretary, and Dr. Maegruder of Virginia, was re elected assistant secretary and trcas urere. ' Dining the session the special com mittee appointed to canvass tho re port received from- the several Stale of the cotton belt estimating'the 1907 cotton crop of the South, " reported through Commissioner Hudson, of Georgia, who in presenting the report, stated that the material difference be tween the 1906 and the 1907 crop rested in the telegraphic estimate of Commissioner MUner, -of Texas, who had reported the Texas crop at a maximum of two and one-half million bales, with ,a minimum of two and one-quarter million, against over 4, 000,000 in 1900. , Estimate of Crop. Commissioner". Hudson slated that Texas was the one State in the South having a complete system of report ing the cotton crop. The report esti mated upon' the basis of carefully gathdre'd data from all the Slate's fix ed the 1907 crop at 11, 412,829 run ning bales, against 13,439,734 running bales as reported for the crop of 1906. The chief feature of the final ses sion was au elaborate address upon tire subject of immigration by Mr. J. II. Palton, secretary of the American immigration restriction league, , whe dealt with this broad subject as alf ecting tho South in the most exhaust ive manner. He suggested changes that he considered absolutely neces sary in the Federal laws. In this con nection he said: "FirsC and foremost, the Federal law should not only allow absolute freedom for the State selection of immigrants, but should aid and assist, instead of hamper the work along the lines of a picked immigration. As conceived and demonstrated by the able commissioner of this State, what ever tho ultimate "'effects upon New York City as an exporting and im porting cotton commission specula tion port. In my opinion., State su pervision is the only plan if the South would escape immigration evils ffem which the North is suffering." Agricultural Betterment. Another feature of the convention was the address of Commissioner Wilkinson, of Alabama, along the line of the work not now undertaken by State departments of agriculture for the betterment of tho agriculture of the several States. Commissioner Wilkinson, urged in the strongest Serins co-operation at every point with the Federal government looking to the improvement of these condi tions. During the afternoon session there was ix vigorous debate in regard to the endorsement of the bill pending in Congress as to intermediate agri cultural education proposed by Con gressman Davis, of Minnesota, iin ally a resolution urging Hie passage of this bill by Congress was adopted. Resolutions were also adopted en dorsing in heartiest terms the Ap palachian forest reserve. The association re-enacicd its hearty endorsement 'of the policy of selection of immigrants at their own homes, and of the effort being made to open trans-Atlantic service between the cotton belt and Europe for the pvffposr of putting the agricultural product of the South on direct ox port. These resolutions have been , adopted by Cue association for the last three years. The draft of the uniform pure food law was submitted and approved, the association refcr.ring such draft to tho different States for their consid eration. Uses of Fertilizers. There were, numerous addresses re lating principally to uses of fertilis ers in the Southern States. The association reached an ad journment sine die at 3 p. m., and the balance of the day was devoted to a ride over the City of Columbia and her suburbs, the guests being en tertained informally at the Country Club" by Commissioner Watson, of South Carolina. The estimates for' this year's cot ton crop in running bales, by States, follows : ' 'Alabama, 1,135,000; Arkansas. 900,000; Florida, 45,000; Georgia. 1, 750,000; Indian Territory, 400,000; Kentucky, 3,500; Loaisiana, 750,000; Mississippi, 1,500.000; Missouri, 50, 000; North Carolina, 532,645; Okla homa, 436,677; South Carolina 1,090, 507; Tennesee, 305,500; Texas, 2,500,1 000; Virginia, 15,000; total 11,412, 829. The total for 1906 was 13,439,-734. Foraker Endorsed by Ohio Republi cans. Columbus, O., Special. Senator Foraker was formally endorsed for re-election to the Senate and for the Republican' nomination for President at a meeting of the executive and advisory committee of the Ohio La gue of Republican Clubs. The meet ing was held at the Neil House and about 85 members from all over the State were present. Five Killed in Explosion- Norfolk, Ya., Special. Five men were killed, one fatally injured and a number seriously injured, as the re sult of the explosion of a boiler in planing mill No. 2 at the John L. Roper Lumber Mills at Gilmerton, Norfolk county, at 4 o'clock Thurs day afternoon. The dead: F. E. Ferrell, carpenter. R. A. Sorrell, plainer. A negro fireman. A nogvo carpenter. - s Armed Men Guard Virgin Gold. Seattle, Wash., Special. One mil lion, two hundred thousand dollars worth of gold is. now lying at Summit, on Thompson Pass, just back of Yal dez, on its way from .Fairbanks. Alas ka, to Seattle. Several armed guards are watching the gold dV and night. Of tliis amount $150,000 is in dust and the rest in bricks. It is the larg est shipment ever sent out over the trail from Fairbanks to Valdez. Kills Father in Defense of Mother. New York, Special. In defense of his mother, Peter Lindernieier, aged 17 years, grappled with his father, Frederick, and during the sen tile the elder man was shot and killed. Young Lindernieier had seen his mothei knocked down and fired upon when he interfered and, he was attempting to take the revolver from his father when the weapon was discharged. The boy surrendered himself. Governor Opens Race Meet. Beaumont, Texas, Special. Gover nor Tom Campbell was the guest of honor and delivered an address al tho opening day of the Beaumont horse show and racing meet. The racing meet will continue through the week and will consist oC one harness event and five running races each day. An exceptionally good string oi horses is here to contest for the lib eral purses offered. Vesuvius Emitting Denre Clouds of Sn:oke. Naples. By Cable Mount Vesuvius after two months of inactivity, is emitting clouds of dense smoke, ac companied by considerable roaring from three fissures around tho old crater. Some alarm is felt by the population in the surrounding towns in view of the recent earthquakes in Calabria, ii bring recalled that the great eruption of April, !h!d, follow ed the Catabrian 'earthquake of 1905. Another Durham District Votes a Special School Tax. Durham, Special. The special school tax election held in the Red wood district, this cuufy, elose to the county line, was carried by a majority of eight votes. This was the second election for special tax purpo-es held in tliis county in the last' week. There is another election ret for one day next month. Thin is for a special school tax in the west ern part of t'je county. Consul I. A. Mannfns, of Cartagena, reports thnt a recent census of tlia Columbian St ito of P.olivar thaws a population of 2S7.235, cf which 46, 2cr e.re in itn? Province of" Cartagena, CALLED AND KILLED Voung Woman Near Charlotte, N. C, Murdered SHOT BY AN UNKNOWN PARTY Miss Ella Prycr, of the Gilead Neighborhood, Near Huntersvitle, Shot Freai Ambush and Slain In stantly. Charlotte, N. C. Special. Ella Prycr, an IS-year-old white girl, living with her mother, Mrs. Neely Pry or, near Gilead church, six mile nest of Hunt ersville, on the Beatty'j Ford road, was called out of the resi dence Monday .night and shot to death by an unknown person. The ragedy took place some time bo iwtcn (i and 7 o'clock, just after iark. J Two minutes before the gun fired ;e.;ae (mo knocked on the front door ;.;..! one of the smaller girls went i ;!.? dos.-r, but raw no ones. She ".as fallowed by her sister, Ella, wli3 v;v; fired on' with a shotgun from ie mad and instantly killed. 'The link girl could not tell whether the ;toassin was white or black. Some inc. nber of the family thought that he heard a voice calling Ella, and nee.: nixed it. Lir.ii'.dially after the young woman was slain the alarm was D'iven end a hunting party organized, but no clue to the guilty one was found. Mr. Mack Fesperman, con stable cf that township, and a posse were iu the woods all night. Sheriff Wallace and Coroner Gresbam went to the scene of the homicide. The FiyoVs are poor tenant far mers. It was said later that the slain gill had many admirers of a fue-.t:onblc sort, and it is believed thai some .lover, in a fit of jealousy, shot her to get her out of reach of the ether fellow. The father of the srirl who lived on the farm of Mr. A. J. Derr for many years, died some lime ago. He was considered a good man of his class. Thirteen Lost in Fire. New York, Special. Thirteen per sons are dead and seven were injured in an incendiary fire that Monday swept the five-story tenement at Sec ond avenue and 109th street. The fire sta'rtcd in a saloon on the first floor, shot up through the air-shaft and stairway and trapped thej:amilies on the upper floors before they could be aroused. When the firemen ar rived the whole building was ablaze. Panic-striken men, women and child ren chocked the narrow stairway and the crowded fire-escape and fought with each other in a frenzy to escape. Thirteen bodies were found in one room at the top of the house, hud dled in an indescribable heap, so bad ly burned as to be almost beyond rec ognition. They had tried to make for a window near the fire escape, only to fall, overcome by the smoke and flames. Most of them were women and children. Had those who died in the room together kept the door closed until the firemen arrived they would have been rescued, but it is be lieved they were so badly frightened they did not know what to do. $300,000 In Scrip For Lynchburg. Lynchburg. Special. The local banks Thursday besran the circula tion of $300,000 scrip, which is guar anteed by the clearing-houso associa tion, with $450,000 collateral security. The script is accepted by practically everv interest in Lvnchlmrg. ' French Slr.ushtcr Mccrs and Arabs. Oran. Algeria, By - Cable. French troops have- hilled thirty Moors and wounded manv more and are shelling Arab villages in the vicinity of Port Said in punishment for the ambush ing of a reconnoitei-ing party in a gorge some distance from the town. The inhabitants are fleeing to thes mountains. Old BoinirJoj Weak at Jamestown. Jamestown Exposition, Special. This week will be known as Old Do minion Week, the towns of Suffolk and Smithfield and Isio of Wight and Southampton counties celebrating. Although the weather was bad, num bers of people " were present from those places. Exercises were held in the Auditorium, Cilery's Italian Band making its appearance here in con nection with them. Expx--Uion Presi dent Tucker and J A cut enaut-G overn'or KUyson made addresses of welcome Responses were mado-bv E. II. Vv il liams, of SmitUWd; J U. Burgess of. rttJi'olk, tntd Gavin Rawls,