. ,-i,i & man wrM i 1 1 111 7 Year, la Advanc. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." tagl Copy g Csxt&, VOL. XIX PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908. N0.2G. Jlwilllp III ( ALACE TO COTTAGE USaycr Tom L Johnston Goes fnto Bankruptcy HE WAS ONCE VERY WEALTHY Mayor ,of Cleveland, For Years Credited With Possessing a Large Fortune, Announces That He Has Lost Everything and Will Be Com pelled to Move Into Smaller and Less Expensive ' Quarters. - Cleveland, 0., Special. Mayor Tom I. Johnson, who for years has been accredited with possessing a very large fortune announced that he had lost everything and would be -compelled to give up his beautiful liome on Euclid avenue and move in to smaller and less expensive quar ters. The mayor also stated that he would give up his automobiles and -other luxuries, as he could no longer afford to keep them. His fortune was wrecked, the mayor declared, by ..his devotion to affairs of the estate of his dead brother, Albert, who was 'lieavily interested in traction prop erty in the East. After Albert's death a question was put up to him whether he should : resign bis office as mayor and take rup the management of Albert's es tate. "I deeided that I would not. I had entered the fight in this city with certain ideals before me. I wanted fto fight privilege and special interest, ;and I had already decided to give up working for dollars. So I concluded to stay right here and do what I -could to help my brother's children -at long istance. , "Why did I choose the course 1 -did? I'll tell you. I wanted happi ness and nothing else when I closed up my business affairs and took up -civis activity. I've been happy, too. jA'I'ni going to be happy yet, too. We may have to go back to a cot- -tage, but that's the way we started, and we can look upon life just as joyfully there as we did in ths big house on Euclid avenue. "They tell me my enemies are planning to bring financial trouble ipon me. I've been expecting it. . "My enemies are cauable of doing that. One may expect nothing else Jjrom special privilege. Let them make any sort of attack upon me that they choose. I'll never give up and they '31 always find me at the front. "If I br.d been a coward if I had run awry fro mthis fight for the peo ple of Cleveland I could have saved my fortune and built it up. But I had chosen my course. I haven't teen laboring as mayor with the ex pectation of being rewarded by the -gratitude of the people. One cannot count on that. It's pleasure in doing work that I like that ha.5 kept me in the fight. "I have never mads a r ingle penny cut of the street railways since I be came mayor. I don't feci discourag ed. I'm a free man, and that means a exeat dcr.I to me. Don't you suj- i poso it will be vcrth something to Eie to Lave my friends realize that I entered tin, user's office rich and left it poor "I'm going to lorn on just as I've t,tartd. I'm going to be a candidate for ro-avof again wheu this term ia 'Ci-ufTerr Silled in Auto Crash. W'ishu-g!c:!, Special. Noble Davis a cLar.2.v.r, . was killed and several tilers vers injurtd by the -overturning of an' cntomohik noar ITyattS t;JK M i. The automobile was own ed by Joseph Siiash::gcr, a r.vr eLor.i eT t-.'ib: city, and Driivs, who c.i.i hU fl.c ff.ir, In-.d i liken out a I'-trfy 'of !::' frit ids in the machine. rr- rtzs TtCtril Coout Dies at Mount - Yemen, II. Y. Mount Vernon, N. Y., Special.- Col. John C. Babcock, who was one of the principal scouts for the army of the Potomac during the Civil war, died at his home here. Colonel Bab cock was 72 years of age. At the outbreak cf the war. he enlisted at Cbf-wgo"raJbe Sturgis" Rifles. He was Licr asir.'" to theggcret serv ice of thn a:' -V. r Major Allen, -M Is. v. ' l discovered Gen ' ' 1 movement which CAMPAIGN FUNDS OF - REPUBLICAN PARTY J. Pierpont Morgan Has Second Place. Andrew Carnegie and Whitelaw Reid, However, Also in $25,000 Class President $1,000. New York dispatch, 21st. When the report of George S. Shel don, Eepublican national treasurer, is filed, with the State Auditor of New York at Albany it will be found it is said that the Republican cam paign which elected William H. Taft was conducted with a fund of about $1,700,000. Charles P. Taft was the heaviest contributor having added $160,000 to the fund. The following isthe list of leading contributors who gave over $250: Charles P. Taft $160,000 J. Pierpont Morgan 25,000 Andrew Carnegie 25,000 William Nelson Cromwell... 25,000 Whitelaw Reid 25,000 D. O. Mills 5,000 Adolphus Busch 5,000 R. C. Kerens.. 5,000 W. C. Dickey 5,000 William Barrett Ridgely .. 1,200 President Roosevelt.. 1,000 Frank B. Kellogg 1,000 C. A. Severance 1,000 1,000 1,000 E. N. Saunders Thomas F. Cole Edward R. Stettinius. . Marvin Hughitt. . . . N. W. Harris.. .. .. 1,000 1,000 1,000 H. K. Conchran.. 1.000 Charles R. Crane 1,000 Samuel Insull .. 1,000 John C. Wharton 1,000 Charles Page Bryan 1,000 W. II. Bartlett 1,000 James A. Patten 1,000 Robert T. Lincon ' .. 1,000 E. p. Frazier 1,000 John G. Shedd 1,000 Joy Morton 1,000 E. A. W. Kieckheifer 1,000 Gave Less Than $1,000. William Kent F. H. Smith.. A. S. Littlcfield John Milton Oliver..'"'..-.. Walter Burroughs.. Clayton Mark C. A. Smith W. K. Bixby O. B. Gorin A. W. Goodrich W. II. Evans C. B. Borland .. C. S. Jobes F. E. Grimes F. II. Smith..,. .. .. .... T. D. Jones. . . . B. E. Sunny. . - John A. Spoor. . . . t Samuel Cupples R. S.-Brookings Julius Rosenwald A. A. McKay John S. Runnells W. F. Comslock William McLaughlin J. A. Holmes Spencer Otis E. B. Price William T. Joyce And These Gave $500. J. C. Shaffer George F. GriTim . . ...... D. A. Cc-mpbell E. F. Swinncy D. M. Ilouser r. Edward B. Butler ii. w. v?. : J. 11. Eiou'.'M 800 S00 C25 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 00 500 500 500 500 500 r.n( 500 500 500 500 mo 500 50;'! 500 400 40') -4'-0 .))') 300 '!00 300 ;,:v 300 300 SCO 300 300 30 ') Stewart M. J. Va priding. n:vhn. . A. If. Mullikm ..... David B. Jones.. . , R. W. Scars Mark S.. Willing. . . John Drprce F. J.v Dcwes.. .. J. C. Amrs.. .. Warren NickcL. . . . II airy Ha it J: F. Downing. . . . E. E. Morgan.. .. Charles .Pioz T. B. Lyon .. If. P. Knapp-- E. V. Price..'.. .. Frrrneis Beidler. . . . Calvin l)nvr.:ul. . . . E. J. Lehmann. . . . ! Al.f-xr:t:arr i:.Dem-cn -j 1 d The:o G:.7e $250. The ' following gave $250. each: Key dm P. t ir . M. Reynolds, C. L. Willfy, A. (V Bartlett, J. D. Bas !:,, H. Woodland, . S. Winston. Herrv G. Hart. W. II. White-ide, J. B. Taibcll. H. M. YhilxOjy, K. L. W. Bowers, William Bnttenvorih, W. V. Kcllev, P. J. Bennett, M. J. Spiegal, A. B. Conover, M. A. Ryerson, D. II. Bumham, C. II. Hurlburd, Matz Boy den Fisher, E. L. Ryerson, Eugene S. Pike, D. N. Barker, Graham II. Har ris, J. S. Field, D. M. Cummings, Jo seph B. Field, F. II. Rawson, O. WT. Norton, A. M. Barnhart, W.. Stone, Kenneth Clark, T. A. Schulzo, John I. II. Field, C. K. Sharood, John R. Mitchell, Gebhard Bohn, A. II. Un dke, C. WT. Gordon, E. II. Bailey, F. B. Wells, F. C. Vann Dusen, W. Deering, Byron I. Smith and II. H. Torter, , ........ ...... . . .. . FOR REVENUE ONLY Andrew Carnegie Conies Out For Tariff Revision SAYS PROTFCTION NOT NEEDED Iron Master, in a Notable Article in December Issue of a Magazine, Will Declare That Duties on Manu factured Articles Should he Reduc ed or Altogether Abolished, and That Only the -Luxuries Used by the Rich Should Bear a Duty. New York, Special. A notable ar ticle from Andrew Carnegie, dealing with the tariff, will appear in the forthcoming December number ' of The Century Magazine, in which the iron master takes the position that "infant industries" no longer need protection; that the steel and other industries have now grown beyond the need of tariff . protection ; that duties on luxuries used by the rich should be maintained, but that those on manufactured articles should be reduced greatly, or abolished entire ly when no longer needed. Mr. Carnegie's article is entitled "My Experience With and Views Upon the Tariff." Mr. Carnegie says: "We have already become by far the greatest of all manufacturing na tions. While the tariff as a whole even today has ceased to be primar ily beneficial as a measure of protec tion, it has-become of vast import ance from the standpoint of revenue, and it is to this feature I bespeak tha special attention of readers of all parties, for duties upon imports, not for protection, but for needed reve nue, should not become a party ques tion. Reasonable men of all parties may be expected to approve this plan of obtaining revenue." He says : ' ' The American tariffs, in happy "contrast to others, almost ex empt the poor and heavily tax the rich, just as it should, for it is they who have the ability to pay as re quired by the highest economic au thority." Mr. Carnegie says of future tariff legislation: "The next Congress dealing with the tariff will probably be inclined at first to reduce duties all around and perhaps to abolish some, but its first care should be to maintain present duties, and even in some cases to increase them, until all articles used almost exclusively by the rich, and this not for protection, but for reve nue, not drawn from the workers but from the rich. That is the fir6t and prime duty of Congress. "Its second duty is to reduce du ties greatly upon manufactui-ed ar ticles and to abolish entirely those no longer needed. What Democrats Spent. Chicago, Special. The Democratic national committee received in all $G20,G44.77 and spent $610,410.06 during the recent presidential cam paign, leaving a balance on hand of $1,234.71. So reads a statement made public by the oncers of the commit tee and the itemized statement will hp filed for. record in the office of the Secretary of Stale? of Kenluekv in compliance with the resolution adopt ed by tho national commiitco at Lin coln, Neb.. hr4 July. Th. statement jvjule public by tho cov.ni'ttco in t hides a certificate of an. lit by My lon I). Kin;?, auditor oC the national committee. . Brief? of General News. Gen. William L. Marshall recom mends that Co".gres appropriate 1065,000 for next 'year's work cn the Bait i m ore c 1 aim els. John 1). Rockef2l!r-bee;aM testify ing for the defiP.se in the suit of the government to dissolve the Standard Oil Comuany. Staiday Tragedy in JaX-.xa Tom. r.h-m' no-horn. Ala.. Snccir,!. J. ! "nvhfMH- n vdl-kiiov-i cltirf u llcnrv i.i.'n, :dt'.f and' rd:v.o?l J. W. I ":;:: -'. n rcuntv, Vr.s ininntly hill d by Tin -::.-' ;:!.;.- vnr- ml in Iront .-c dv.y-., "oi three bullets lok : ' Pc -i wns hrnneht her and h d:'c 1 i-.i ih? county jail. " He wi'1 say r.oihing as to the cause cf thet rogody. Cleveland Street Car r.rifce C?.Ha2 OX Cleveland, O., Special. At a meet ing of the local union of the street railway motorraen and conductors it was unanimously voted to call off the strike against the Municipal Traction Company, which was begun last May. The company was forced into the bands of receivers who row are in r-linroT! of the railway propeity. The Mutual Traction Company refused to grant an increase in wages, which was demanded by the union and the strike was ordered. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY a. Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Homo and Abroad. Foreign Affairs. A revolution has broken out in Haiti, General Simon being the leader. Prince Chun has taken the reins of Government at Peking. The French cruiser Conde ran on the rocks off the Corsican coast. Two American naval officers are to be court-martialed on the charge of misconduct in Japan. Germany has assumed a waiting attitude to see the effects of the Kaiser's promise. Prince Chun, the new regent of China, has caused great dissatisfac tion by ignoring the Chinese in favor of the Manchus. Excitement at St. Pierre, Miquelon, over the clerical school still con tinues. The case of Count Boni, who seeks to get his children back, was post poned. Montenegro is reported to be arm ing against Austria. In the South. Col. Joseph Bryan, owner of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, died sud denly in Richmond. Portsmouth's annexation of large territory was sustained by Judge White. . "Sam" nardy, accused of T. B. Jones' murder at Holland, made an assignment. Stuart Oliver, of Baltimore, bought the Staunton Dispatch!. Miscellaneous. - ' Perhaps 25 persons were killed by the explosion of a gas main in Brooklyn. John D. Rockefeller wag Wider cross examination. The Federation of Labor, by adopt- J ing President Gompers' annual re port, sustained him. Richard Crocker, former Tammany chief, arrived in New York. There is talk about getting the Chicago grand jury to investigate the affairs cf A. Booth & Co. In attacking the Republican pro-1 gram of tariff revision Representa tive Champ Clark, the Democratic leader, denounced it as a "grab game." The "Corn Starch Trust" wns scored at the tariff hearing before the House committees because it sells starch cheaper abroad than in Ameri ca. Richard Croker is expected to land from the Luistania Friday. Three youths, arrested in connec tion with the Vineland, N. J., mur der, accused each other. Attorney-General Bonaparte made an addicts before tho National Muni cipal League, in '.vhi-h ho dv.-clt on U fc e Is i ii tho ( r. i -.. iaal'la w . The trustees oC tht (;an!-:.vi.e Fuuu df.tion met in New lor!'. David Rothschild, a Now York exponent of "high iinanre," dial in Sing Sing. Disputes among labor unions were settled by the American Federation of Labor convention. The Florida railroad peonage ca:c was dismissed by Judge Hough in New York. Richard Croker sailed for New York. Mrs. Howard Gould was awarded r2j.(;00 a year alimony instead cf the 120,000 she asked. Inman & Co., of. Augusta, Gn., cot Ion fsctors, were awarded in Musco-vr-ro Snpciior Court a verdict in the sum cf'$!il."C7.71 against the Central of Geo-f'a 'Railway on a MiU for al- loc-e-.i dao.age to cot I on hunud in tne Cuh;n:.hux v iris (i. th ctitn u:: 'trrpmiV. Rf;ev( HV views as to a ( aw;o.;e President have stiircd the Lutherans. 'Aho Rrpnbl!(?n capahrn fund a pi'Hishcd since the (1-x-fim amounted fa $1,500,000 besides half a million for State and Congrcfshmnl contribu tions. Civil "War in Persia Sccma Imminent. London, By Cable All word re ceived from Teheran indicates that the Persian situation is again acute, while fighting in the capital is desul tory it is intimated in despatches from the British minister that it is likelv scon to involve the entire city and that civil war is imminent. CONCERNING POULTRY DISEASES I haven't much faith in poultry doc toring. Fowls are naturally healthy, and disease Is almost always the re sult of neglect or carelessness. Roup and cholera, the most serious poultry diseases, come as the direct Tesult Of filth and unsanitary conditions. Lice and mites are sometimes the starting point of disease. Fight them constantly. Dampness should 'be avoided, as it may prove a factor in disease conditions. Crowding In laying house or brooder is dangerous. Avoid extremes of temperature and rapid changes if you would guard against bronchitis, and pneumonia. Put not your faith in medicines. Keep your fowl3 in a clean, com fortable house, see that they get plen ty of exercise in pure air and sun shine, provide good wholesome food, pure fresh water and grit, and they won't need much doctoring. Country Life In America. Governor of Florida Will Open Cot ton Convention. Lake City, Fla., Special. The com mittee on arrangements for the cot ton convention here November 25th, received a message from Governor Broward that he would be on hand to open the convention. Senators Talia ferro and Fletcher, together with many merchants and bankers of prominence will be present and ev ery phase of the cotton business will be discussed. Democratic Contributors Number Over 74,000. Albany, N. Y.,Special. Represent ing Chairman Norman E. Mack and Treasurer Herman Ridder, of the Democratic national committee, Sam uel Bell Thomas, a New York attor ney, arrived in Albany with treasurer Ridder 's report of Democratic cam paign contributions which will be filed at the office of the Secretary of State. The complete list of contri butors numbers over 74,000. Atlanta Negro Murders His Wife. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Using a razor with which he severed the carotid artery and jugular vein, Sam Jones, a negro, Sunday killed his wife and. left her dead body in a pool of blood in a house in the rear of 177 West Mitchell street. Jones made his escape. He is described as a low, heavy-set negro, very black and weighs sbout 140 pounds. Raised 121 Bushels of Corn to Acre. Gaffney, S. C, Special. The com mittee appointed by the Merchants and Planters' Bank to decide who is entitled to the $50 prize offered by it for the largest yield of corn from one acre of land in Cherokee county, awarded the prize to O. P. Hill, who raised 121 bushels. The total num ber of bushels of corn raised by the seventeen men who competed for this prize is 1,3S4 13-80, being an avreage of more than 80 bushels an acre. Lynched For Assault. Charleston, S. C, Special. Jim Gilmore, a young negro about 20 years old, was taken from the guard house in Luray, a small town in Hampton county, this State, after midnight Mid lynched by a party of enraged citizens. Gilmore had at trmpiPd to criminally assault one of th' daughters of his employer, Mr. A. ('. Fit!", a highly respected far mer, while h- young lady and her sister were asleep Saturday night. New Ycrk Bends. New York, Special.- Comptroller Met, hopes to. have something to y thankful for ns a result :of the sale of a new isnur cf 12,50.000 in 4 per cent New Yoik city bonds. Twelve mili:o:is will run for fifty vens fnd tho balance for ten years. It is lnhevrd that the snb will be s-.c ec?fnl and tho money realized will r,r." far tewruds relieving the pres nt Vrnmpt-d t-oiuliticn of the city's ihiannt?. Ulillocl by Carc-iJ. DurhJ sa.'e at sas th: m r the Octree ncnti r ' lainhiid . N. C, Sprcal. A mrs : ,'dnV:.'. from F.-.irU' :U n vhib putting in the forms ity wi-tevv.-M-ks rr;;?rvu;r, '. I)-.-:' . rd r I a:;1, a car- hi vcars eld. was rr.ngi.t in a e an I nr-tcuii . k.i! e Resident rcmrred :;t 11 o'clo-k w4un a Jvg force rf hands was bracing (th" timblis to hold lie earth bach. The cavc-in occurred when there v;as r.o possible v.-ay to avoid it. Dio in Esplocion. New York, Special. Twenty-five persons are believed to have lost their lives in an explosion of gas which tore a great section of Geld street, Brooklyn. It is definitely known that fifteen persons were buried un der the hundreds cf tons of earth and timber that were thrown into the air by the explosion, and ten more persons aro reported as missing. The exact number of dead cannot be determined. If IE t Rockefeller Tries to Un!c; Responsibility For Big Trtn: PUTS THE BLAME UP TO OTBEll President of the Standard 03 TmsJ Continues to Unravel That Certof ration's History Credit For ' Bj Existence Should Go to H. II. Had ler and S. C. T. Dodd Says ti ' Company Has Not Beea a Tru: Since 1892, When it Was Dissolve; by Order of Court, Since Wkid' Time the Subsidiary Companies Have Been. Entirely Independent. : " ", i New York, Special. Credit for ttei creation of the Stanard Oil trust,! which counsel for the Federal govern ment claim still exists as the Stand ard Oil Company of New Jersey, was given oy Jonn JJ. Kocfceteller as at witness Tuesday under cross-examination in the Federal ' suit to dis solve the Standard, to two men Henry M. Flagler and Samuel C. TL Dodd. To these two master archi tects of the oil combine, Mr. Rocke feller gave foil credit, saying that. he did not possess the ability for so pro gressive a move. Mr. - Rockefeller spent an arduous doy an the stand under the incessant questioning of Frank B. Kellogg, tha government counsel, and when ad journment was taken until Tuesday ha gave every evidence of delight that the day was done. Counsel hope to conclude Mr. Rockefeller's cross examination Tuesday, when it is ex pected to place John D. Archbold, vice president of the Standard on. the stand. Frank B. Kelloggj who with other government investigators, has beer endeavoring for over a year to obtain the missing stock transfer books off the Standard Oil trust, sought thro Mr. Rockefeller to find the missing; trail to these books and Mr. Rocke feller promised . to do what he could to find them. Mr. Rockefeller's ex amination carried him through the period of the Standard Oil trust and the years of its subsequent liquida tion, which lasted from 1892 to 1899. Mr. Rockefeller's memory at times was not clear on the definite details, of this trust liquidation period and ha told counsel that he could not recall many of the incidents and develop ments of that time. During the day Mr. Kellogg developed from Mr Rockefeller that early in the indus trial existence of the Standard th presidents of two railroad companies, together with several railroad direc tors, were stockholders in the oil com bination. After adjournment Mr. Rockefeller told an inquiring audience of report ers that there were better things ii the world than making money, and since 1S91 he had been gradually re tiring from business. He added: "There is more important vork than making money, and there is much for me to do. I bfelong to th Brotherhood of Man." At the opening of the hearing Mr Rockefeller said that he thought the.rs was an increase in the stock of tLa. Standard Oil Company of Ohio from. $2,500,000 to $3,W0s00O in 3S75. "How manv railroad mm did take into the" Standard 'after 1S7Q1" asked Mr. Kcllog. "I could not. say," 'vas Mr. PocLs feller's response. "Was W. H. Vandertilt a stock holder ?" "I can't P3v definitely. He nvcht have been a stockholder for a tri.3lr.g amonnt. " "Did you rot sgn a pap-r m. March 10:h, lS7r. requesting r.n in crease of capital n! of k s followsi 'W. H. Vandeibilt by J. IX Rocke feller, bis -attorney?' " "That may be; the paper wov.Iu fc the best evidence. " Mr. Kellogg brought out the faef the Lake Shove & Michigan Scutum Raiht ud; Rtiilman Witt, n director r-E the Lal.r Shore and B'rr v. r rxrK and J. P. Hendy. al- o a dim lor tf the Big Four, were f:kn i tht Standard Oil Ctmpairy in the s,l day?. . "Who got Uj) this St..r i-.i 1 O.t i , , . .4. r. "I siior.ld s-y that If. 11. F"n7g-r nad S. C. T. DoM aho-hl fcnv tfc credit. I am ure it v. ns r.t I. . I am nor so icarr-ea in igai r.izi;. as that. I do not claim anv credit, for Mr. Finder and Mr. Dodd idi-mln have full credit." Mr. Rockefeller said that the vari ous, companies in the Standard Oil; trust agreement which was reade- iu 1872 were managed as separate awl independent corpoi-atkms. Mr. Rocke fellar said that the total value of t'As. thirty-nine corporations included i the trust was apporximatcly $170,000, 000, and that each of the stockholders named in the trust agreement iwmv d certificates for thn amount of stock, of subsidiary companis which be om--ed. OIL KING ON ST

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