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MM M If i$ U IMF Hi ' II I I &.0 Year, In Adrance. ' - ' FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Staff Copy 0 CaU, VOL. XVIII. PLYMOUTH, N, C FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908. " ' NO. 50. NEW 1 Foundation of Magnificent Structure to Promote Closer American Intercourse ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT "With Elaborate Ceremonies tin Foundation Stone of the New Bureau of American Pepublics is Dedicated. Washington, Special. In the pres ence of thfr President of the United States, and of representatives of every other American republic as "well as all branches of the national government and of the State govern ments, the cornerstone of the propos ed new home of the International Bureau of American Republics was laid Monday. Addresses fitting to the ocasion and expressing the great benefits to be derived from the for mation of the Bureau of American ' Republics in many ways were made V "by President Roosevelt, Secretary Root. Mr. Nabuco, Brazillian ambas sador, and Andrew Carnegie, while messages of congratulations and wishes for success in the work about to be undertaken were read from the Presidents of nearly all of the Amer ican republics. A very large audi ence listened to the speeches and wit nessed the laying of the cornerstone. The invited guests in addition to those actively participating in the exercises were Vice President Fair banks, members of the Cabinet, the diplomatic corp3, both houses of Con gress, the Governors of the States and prominent citizens of Washing ion and elsewhere. Music for the oc casion was furnished by the Marine Band while the decorations for the grand stands and smaller stands erected to accomodate the guests were made up largely of the flags of the twenty-one -American republics. Director John Barrett, of the bu reau, in a very brief talk, in which he referred to the great assistance given by Secretary Root toward the accompaniment of the work and his P-ffort in behalf of the advances of retary of State, who is chairman of the governing board ot the bureau as the presiding officer. Cardinal Gibbons delivered the invocation, which' was followed in turn by an address by Mr. Root, the reading of congratulatory messages from Amer ican Presidents and addresses by President Roosevelt, Ambassador Na buco and Andrew Carnegie. Cere monies incident to the laying of the cornerstone closed the exercises. In scribed on the cornerstone are the following words: ' Cornerstone Inscription. "Building of the American Repub lics. Erected through the public spirited gift of Andrew Carnegie and 1 he contributions of all the Repub licsMipon land provided by the Gov ernment of the United States. May 11. 1908. The imposing international build ing will stand on an attractive site -covering about five acres to the south of and in close proximity of the White House, the State, War and Xavy Building, the Corcoran Art Gal It ry and that of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It is also far the Washington monument. The dimensions of the building will be approximately IGOxIGO feet, its main vortion standing two stories above a high studded basement and being in turn surmounted by dignified babllus trades. The rear portion in order to' cover a capacious assembly hall will rise still higher. The general architecture will suggest Latin-American treatment out of respect to the fact that twenty of the twenty-one Death Sentence for Two. " New Orleans, La., Special. Death sentences were pronounced iMonday on Edward Honore and Jack Pierre, negroes, convicted of murder. They are members of a sect of negro fanatics who last fall barricaded themselves in a house and defied the police for several hours. One police man was killed. Congressman Heflin Indicted. Washington, Special. The Federal grand -jury returned an indictment charging Representative J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, with assault wfth a dangerous weapon. The in dictment contains three counts, two of which relate to the assault on Lewis Lundy, a negro, with whom Mr. Heflin had a dispute on a street car, in this city on March 25th, last. The third cosnt charges an assault on Thomas McCreary, of New York, a horseman, who was standing on the sidewalk and was struck by a bullet from Mr. HK's pistol. Of republics are of Latin origin, at the same time possessing such monumen tal characteristics as will make it harmonize with tjie general scheme for the improvement of Washington. It will be constructed throughout of steel "and concrete, with the effect of a Spanish stucco finish and with white marble steps, foundations and trimmings. A large reading room will be a feature where ean be seen all the South as well as North American publications besides important histor ical daa. A beautiful assembly cham ber that, for present purposes, may be called the "Hall of the American Ambassador," will provide the " only room of its kind in the United States especially designed for international conventions, receptions to distin guished foreigners, and for diplo matic and social events of a kindred nature. The bureau is strictly an in ternational and independent organi zation maintained by the joint contri butions, based on population, of the twenty-one American governments. Nearly $1,000,000 will be spent in coiftsruction and fitting up the build ing of which Andrew Carnegie con tributed $756,000. It will be unique, not only for Washington, but in all the world, serving as an international headquarter? or offices in one nation al capital of twenty-one American nations, the nearest approacy.1 to it being the new Temple of Peace, now being erected at The Hague. In the course of his address the President said: "This is a memorable occasion for all the peoples of the Western Hem isphere. The building, the corner stone of which we lay today, empha sizes by its existence th growing sense of solidarity of interest and aspiration among all the peoples of the New World. It marks our recog nition of the need to knit ever closer together all the republics of the Western Hemisphere, through the kindly bonds of mutual justice, good will, and systematic comprehension. "At the outset, on behalf of all of us I wish to thank Mr. Carnegie for his generous gift a gift to all the nations of the New World, and there fore pre-eminently fitting as coming from one who has so sincerely striven for the cause of peace among na tions; for while we have yet a long path to tread before we can speak with any certainty of the day when wars shall cease from the earth, we of this Western Hemisphere, by movements such as that symbolized by this building, have taken great strides toward securing permanent peace among ourcslves." He also extended greetings to all the republics of the two Americas, and ;poke for a closer intercourse be tween them, not only in trade and commerce, but also in the finer rela tions of life. He expressed his belief in peace armed peace, by way of explanation. He colsed with praise of Secretary Root. $125,000 Fire in Charleston. Charleston, S. C, Special. Fire which begun Monday in the yards of the Burton Lumber Company, on the Cooper river near the navy yard, was gotten under control after destroying 6,000,000 feet of kiln dried cypress lumber valued at about $125,000. When discovered about noon the flames were eating through one of the huge stacks and despite the prompt ami vigorous work of the mill force, aided by volunteers from the navy yard and nearby fertilizer works, the fire was driven by a brisk wind until it practically consumed all of the lumber in the yards. Tornado Kills Eight. Woodward, Okla., Special. At least eight persons were killed and scores of others injured in the several tornadoes in northwestern Oklahoma Monday evening. Telephone commu nication is entirely cut off from the storm-swept" area and the only other means of getting information is by stage. The nearest point to Wood ward the stoim struck is Mutual. To Stop Tobacco. Growing. Reidsville, N. C, Special. A circu lar has been issued by "the board of directors of the Mutual Protective Association of Bright Tobacco Grow ers recommending that the ' entire crop of tobacco of 190S be pooled at an average of 15 cents a pound and that the 1909 crop be abandoned. This means that the association will endeavor to have no crop raised next year at all and count on pooling of tobacco to raise the price of the weed to such a figure as will enable the farmer to do this. THE WORK OF CONGRESS Doings of Our National Law-Makeri Day by Day. Expense Bill Increased. A lively debate was kept up all day Tuesday in the House on the sun dry civil appropriation bill. Repeat 8d efforts were made by Messers. Baines, of Tennessee, and Chaney, of Indiana, supported by many other members, to procure an appropriation for an investigation looking to in creased safety in mining and they' bad N about gotten Chairman Tawney, to the point where he would consent to an appropriation of $50,000, whea Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, object sd and the proposition for the time, it least, was defeated. A provision in the bill for the pur jhase of over 6,000 acres of land as m addition to Fort McKinley, Phi lippine Islands, based on a recommen dation by General Leonard Wood elicited severe critism of that officer by Messers. Fitzgerald, of New York, and Mr. Butler of Pennsylvania, the former continually referring to him "Dr. Wood." The provision, on motion of Mr. Hay, of Virginia, was stricken out by an unanimous vote. The additions to the bill were $100,000 for the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., and $16, 500 for an addition to Fort Ogle Ihrope, Georgia, or a total increase to date of $1,241,000. The three remaining hours of the session were taken up almosl entire ly by a succession of rolls calls, caused by . refusal of the House to take a recess at 5 o'clock, as a result of a joke on the part of some of the Republicans to hold the Democrats in the House until the time the Re publican caucus was scheduled to be held. No Danger of Timber Famine. An extended speech in opposition to the forestry service was made by Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, in the Senate Tuesday while the agricultur al appropriation bill was under con sideration. Mr. Heyburn ridiculed the charts of the forestry service, ne of which he exhibited on the wall of the Senate chamber marked with such legends as "about 20 years sup ply left" and declared that the chiel forester had undertaken to prophesy concerning the life of the forests in a way that would require more wisdom than was possessed by the sages of old. He said such men forget that forests grow, and added that there is as much forest growth to-day as there ever has been in the history of the world. He criticised the practice of speak ing of "any man's policy," saying that the only policies of the govern ment that are not fictitious are those that are written in the laws of the land. Mr. Heyburn spoke upon his amend ment to the bill excepting the forest reserves of Idaho from those from which timber may be cut by permit of the Secretary of Agriculture and ex ported from the State. Senator Warner, of Missouri, con tinued his speech on the Brownsville affray but did not conclude. Galinger Bill Passes. The Senate passed a bill Wednes day prohibiting the employment with in certain hours of children under 14 years of age in the District of Colum bia in any factory, work shop, tele graph offices, restaurant, hotel, apart ment house, saloon, pool or billiard room, bowling alley or threat re, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages. No such child is permitted to work at any employment for wages during school hours nor before 6 a. m., or after 7 p. m. The Senate also adopted a resolu tion offered by Mr. Foraker, of Ohio, directing the inter-State commerce commission to inform the Senate whether the commodity clause of the inter-State commerce act had been complied with since May 1st 1908, and if not whether the non-compliance by the railroads has been due to any agreement, arrangement, or un derstanding between the railroad companies and the authorities. An amendment by Mr. Culberson agreed to also call on the commission to state its reasons for" recommending an extension of two years in the time given the railroads to comply with the commodity clause. The conference report on the army appropriation bill carrying an aggre gate of $95,377,236, was adopted. This amount was $3,463,000 less than the bill carried when first passed by the Senate. Says Soldiers' are Innocent. Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, a member of the committer on mila fary affairs, spoke at length in the Senate Monday on the Brownsville affray. Mr. Bulkeley declared his belief in the innocence of the ngro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Regiment and said the rioters in the town on the night of August 13th-14th, 1906, in his judcrraent were- lawless ai?sv cans from outside the town, assisted by the lawless class within Browns ville. Mr. Bulkeley spoke over four hours, his remarks including a re view of all testimony that has been taken in the case. The Senate Monday passed the House resolution appropriating $250, 000 to relieve the recent cyclone suf ferers in Alabama, Georgia, Mississ ippi and Louisiana. Sundry Civil Bill in the House. The House completely overrode the committee on appropriations in con nection with several items in the 3undry civil appropriation bill. When the measure was laid aside for the day $250,000 had been added to the sum recommended by the committee, which included $11,000 for s-aueina- the streams and determining the wa ter supply-oi the United States; an increase of $50,000 in the appronri- ation for testing strtietual materials and $100,000 for testing coals, lig nites and other fuel substances. These changes were not accomplished, how ever, without a prolonged debate in which the committee found itself ""Actically alone. Tank Steamer Still on Sandbar. New York, Sepcial. The tank steamer Washtenaw was still upon the sandbar off Monmouth, N. J., where she struck during a fog Fri day, though efforts to free her were continued. There was a fresh breeze in the northwest and a moderate sea during the night. The vessel appear ed to be in no immediate danger and the crew remained on board. Five Men Drowned. Newburyport, Mass., Special. Caught by a big wave as they were crossing the bar off Plum Island, at the mouth of the Merrimac river, nine men of this city, who were on a pleasure cruise in a naphtha launch, Sunday were capsized and five oi them were drowned. Captain George E. .Bailey, the owner of the launch, and three other men were picked up by passing boats. The Crop Report. Washington, Special. The crop reporting breau of the Department of Agriculture in a statement places the total area of wheat standing Maj 1, at twentj'-nine milions and a half This is a million acres less than last year. The average condition of win ter wheat is 89 per cent, of normal and of that of rke 90.3 per cent. Or sixty per cent of the total acreage the contemplated spring plowing ii reported done. Excitement at Hamilton. Hamilton, Special. Tobacco grow ers are in a heat of excitement. A band of men, declared by the growers to be night-riders, visited this county during the night. Following theii visit a big tobacco shed and six thous and pounds of tobacco were destroy ed on the farm of Barney Harburn. The invasion of the strangers and th subsequent fire have caused the grow ers to place their crops under an arm ed guard.- Short in His Accounts. Greenville, S. C, Special. The grand jury in the General Sessions Court returned true bills in two cases against Mr. J. S. Richardson, Jr., a young man who was until several months ago Southern express agent in this city. Mr. Richardson is charg ed with a shortage in his accounts oi several thousand dollars. He is now out of the city, but it is understood that he will come here and give bond. The case will not come up at this term. Federation f Women's Clubs. Greenville. S. C, Special. The Woman's Federation of Clubs is meeting in Greenville this week, and there are one hundred delegates in attendance. Bomb Throwing in Russia. Moscow, By Cable. An unsuccess ful attempt was made to assassinate Governor Voronesh Wednesday. A bomb hurled at his carriage, as he drove through the streets with his wife, missed the vehicle and killed a pasrng woman. Four more bodies, .making nine in all, were dug up on the Guinness farm, near Laporte, Ind., and it is believed they were sent thither from Chicago in trunks. Governor Swanson appointed Judge B. D. White, of Princess Anne, to succeed the late Judge R. L. lioykin as judge of the Twenty-eighth circuit. Dr. George T. Mankin, of Falls Church, has been reappointed a mem ber of the Virginia State Board of Pharmacy. Many Berbers were killed in a fight with French soldiers in Algeria. Nine hundred miles of new railroad are to be constructed in German Southwest Africa. THE BLUE AND GRAY Meet at Salisbury, N. G, and Unveil Monument TO MEMORY OF MAINE'S DEAD Beautiful Monument of Gray Granite Dedicated to the Heroes Who Gave Up Their Lives For the Union in Salisbury Prison. Salisbury, N. C, Special. With ftlaborate ceremony, marked by a dig nity and solemnity befitting the oc casion, the State of Maine, through her official representatives, unveiled a stately shaft to the memory of the 203 soldiers who died in Salisbury prison during the Civil war. Throughout the exercises there was a tender note of sympathy for the heroic dead who lie in the trenches of this beautiful city of the dead, and every speaker voiced in words in spired by deep-founded patriotism tribute as eloquent as if it had been delivered upon those who fell in the thickest of the fray. That they had sacrificed their lives in prison was but the fortune of war, and their sac rfice was as glorious, for "Ther fittest place where man can die Is where he dies for man.." Full five thousand people, most of them men and women who had been true to the Confederacy, looked upon the exercises and entered into the spirit of a momentous occasion ap plauding earnestly and sincerely this tribute of a great State to the men who died that the Union might live. Crowded into the speakers' stand were the men and women who had traveled so far to do honor to their countrymen; flecking the hillsides in every direction, as far as the eye could reach, were sympathetic thous ands who joined heart and soul in this tribute to the brave; who realiz ed that f "No more shall the war cry sever Or the winding rivers be red." And over yonder, hard by the trenches stood the "thin gray line," with tear-dimmed eyes. It was a scene never to be forgot ten by those privileged to witness it. Never was this hallowed spot more beautiful with its carpet of green, shaded by the sorrowful willows, dot ted with its thousands of head-stones, mute tribute to those wrapped in eternal slumber, for here On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. The formal ceremonies of the day began with the parade to the Nation al Cemetery, which formed in front of the Empire Hotel and under com mand of Adjutant General T. R. Rob ertson proceeded through the princi pal streets of the city and thence to the cemetery. The parade was head ed by the Forst Hill Band and the Rowan Rifles, and then came a de tachment of Confederate veterans on foot and the ladies and gentlemen of the Maine party and the speakers of the day in carriages. The visitors and the State officials occupied seats in the band stand and when the exercises began at 2 o'clock there was not standing room as far as the eye could see from this post of vantage. Hon. Thomas G. Libby. State councillor, acted as master of ceremonies and, following a prayer by Hon. W. Scott Libby, introduced Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes, who was present as the personal rep resentative of Governor Glenn. Secretary Grimes apologized for the absence of the Governor' stating that important engagements kept him away. Then, in an address of consid erable length he extended the greet ings of the State of North Carolina to the visitors from the Pine Tree State. In happy contrast was the response on behalf of the State of Maine by Hon. Thurston S. Burns, of West brook, Me., and this felicitous strain, spoken with an earnestness and en thusiasm that betrayed the sincerity underlying it, was re-echoed and em phasized by Mayor Boyden, in ex tending a welcome to the City of Sal isbury and in the response by Hon. Leroy F. Pike, of Cornish, Me. Mayor Boyden never made a happier speech in his life and it was applauded to the echo. He voiced the welcome of all Salisbury and all North Carolina. The occasion was one long to be re membered, and will be largely helpful in cementing the friendship between the North and the South. CHILD LABOR EVIL Discussed in Connection With Ccmpuhory Education MANY FORCEFUL OPINIONS GIVEN Three , Speakers From the South Champion the Cause of Compulsory Education and Attack the Employ ment of Children in the Cotton Mills. Richmond, Va., Special. Dealing with the world wide topic of children, their education, their training' and the evil of driving them under steam pressure at the wheel when their frail limbs and bodies were too weak to stand the terrible punishment and strain, the general session of the na tional conference of charities and cor rection at St. Paul's church arous ed the public to the importance of more adequate laws to protect them from the evils of factory work. Three speakers, natives and residents of the South, first championed the cause of compulsory education, and then at tacked the employment of children in cotton mils, where they helped to give leisure and comfort to lazy and worthless fathers. The broad state ment Avas made that illiteracy would disappear from "the South if these young people could be. dragged from spindle and loom and turned over to the tender care of teachers. Dr. A. J. McKelway, of Atlanta, assistant secretary of the national child labor committee, who discussed "Child Labor and Citizenship,", de clared that there was a time when a declaration of independence was nec essary, but that the day had come; when a declaration of dependence by the children of America was needed. Prof. W. H. Hand, of the Univer sity of South Carolina, and Miss Jean Gordon, factory inspector of New Orleans, pointed out the imperative demand for compulsory education, while Miss Jane Addams, of Hull house, Chicago, urged a modification of the school by which the child should be taught to dominate his ma chine of labor arid impressed with the relation of 'his studies to the work' which he would later perform. The interdependence of the varying themes was so clearly impressed upon the audience that there was a touch of human interest .throughout the appeal and with more definite un derstanding of conditions as they exist today. Though deploring the child labor evil, there was a tone of optimism in the addresses, for it was shown that good and substantial re sults had been accomplished by the enactment of laws to limit the age at which the young might be employed, in factory and mine. Confederate Memorial Day. Charlotte, N. C, Special. Sunday being . Confederate Memorial day throughout the South, the occasion was observed by decorating the graves in the cemetery and by appropriate exercises fitting to the day. From all Southern centers of population came reports of befitting ceremonies in honor of both Confederate and Fed eral -dead. . Monument to Pocahontas. Washington, Special A monument to Pocahontas is to be erected at Jamestown, Vav according to a bill reported from the committee on com merce by Senator Daniel and passed by the Senate. The measure appro-, priates $50,000 for the memorial pro vided an equal amount is supplied by the Pocahontas Memorial Associa tion. The monument is to comme morate the- first permanent settle ment of English speaking people in the Western hemisphere through the intervention of the Indian maid. Big Fire in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., Special. Fire Sun day damaged the three upper floors of the six-story department store of Goldberg Bros., on Woodward avenue causing a loss of $130,000, on which there was $100,000 insurance. The lower floors, which were not burned, were flooded with water, causin heavy damage there. Life Hsd Lost its Charms. Richmond, Special. Justus Flav el Wright. Gatch, a salesman for the American Seating Company, of Chi cago, committed suicide in his apart ments on West Franklin street, as a result of despondency due to business reverses. The man, who was 53 years of age, fired a bullet into his own temple while sitting upright in a chair with a blanket wrapped around him. The lifeless body of the man was discovered by his young daught er Ida, who heard the report of tbt revolver. 4